Sunderland 1-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009
Result
Sunderland 1-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sunderland 1-2 Manchester United: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 April 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Kenwyne Jones (55'). Manchester United scored through Paul Scholes (19') and Federico Macheda (76').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 32 points from 31 and Manchester United 2nd on 68 points from 30. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 8 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Manchester United's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Gary Neville
- 19'Goal · Paul Scholes
- 38'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 45+1'Yellow card · Anton Ferdinand
- 55'Goal · Kenwyne Jones
- 76'Goal · Federico Macheda
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Danny Collins, Calum Davenport, Anton Ferdinand, Carlos Edwards, Grant Leadbitter, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Edwin van der Sar, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov, Gary Neville