Sunderland 0-4 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007

Result

Sunderland 0-4 Manchester United

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Sunderland 0-4 Manchester United: match report

Sunderland lost to Manchester United 0-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-3.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Sunderland did not score. Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (20'), Louis Saha (30'), Cristiano Ronaldo (45') and Louis Saha (86', penalty).

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 14 points from 18 and Manchester United 2nd on 41 points from 18. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Manchester United 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Darren FletcherManchester United
  • 30'Goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 0-2
  • 45'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-3
  • 62'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland
  • 83'Yellow card · Paul McShaneSunderland
  • 86'Penalty goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 0-4

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 2, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Sunderland expected line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Paul McShane, Grant Leadbitter, Dean Whitehead, Kenwyne Jones, Daryl Murphy, Michael Chopra

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville