Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 March 2008

Result

Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 15 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea: match report

Sunderland lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from John Terry of Chelsea in the 10th minute.

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 16th on 27 points from 29 and Chelsea 3rd on 61 points from 28. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 6 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Chelsea's W-W-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · John TerryChelsea · 0-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland
  • 58'Yellow card · Grant LeadbitterSunderland
  • 60'Yellow card · John Mikel ObiChelsea

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 1, Chelsea 6.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Phil Bardsley, Jonny Evans, Carlos Edwards, Dean Whitehead, Grant Leadbitter, Andy Reid, Kenwyne Jones, Roy O'Donovan

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé, Ricardo Carvalho