Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2008

Result

Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2008, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Sunderland defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 September 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Michael Chopra opened the scoring in the 81st minute. Sunderland's goals came from Michael Chopra (81') and Michael Chopra (90'). Middlesbrough did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 4 points from 4 and Middlesbrough 9th on 6 points from 4. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 62'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilMiddlesbrough
  • 71'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 77'Yellow card · Mohamed ShawkyMiddlesbrough
  • 79'Yellow card · Robert HuthMiddlesbrough
  • 81'Goal · Michael ChopraSunderland · 1-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Michael ChopraSunderland
  • 90'Goal · Michael ChopraSunderland · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 2, Middlesbrough 5.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, George McCartney, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Pascal Chimbonda, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Djibril Cissé, El-Hadji Diouf, Teemu Tainio

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

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Luke Young, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, George Boateng, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Sanli Tuncay, Afonso Alves