Sunderland 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 October 2008

Result

Sunderland 2-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 25 October 2008, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 2-1 Newcastle United: match report

Sunderland won against Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Djibril Cissé opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Djibril Cissé (20') and Kieran Richardson (73'). Newcastle United scored through Shola Ameobi (29').

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 12th on 9 points from 8 and Newcastle United 19th on 6 points from 8. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 34.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 3 draws and 6 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Danny GuthrieNewcastle United
  • 20'Goal · Djibril CisséSunderland · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Djibril CisséSunderland
  • 73'Goal · Kieran RichardsonSunderland · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Nicky ButtNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 3, Newcastle United 6.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, George McCartney, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Pascal Chimbonda, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Djibril Cissé, El-Hadji Diouf, Dwight Yorke

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Damien Duff, Sebastien Bassong, Steven Taylor, Danny Guthrie, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Shola Ameobi, Fabricio Coloccini, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt