Sunderland 4-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2008

Result

Sunderland 4-0 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Sunderland 4-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Sunderland beat West Bromwich Albion 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 December 2008. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Kenwyne Jones opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Kenwyne Jones (22'), Kenwyne Jones (24'), Andy Reid (39') and Djibril Cissé (46'). West Bromwich Albion did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 15 points from 16 and West Bromwich Albion 20th on 12 points from 16. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and West Bromwich Albion 20th with 32.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 2 draws and 1 for West Bromwich Albion.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Kenwyne JonesSunderland · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Kenwyne JonesSunderland · 2-0
  • 39'Goal · Andy ReidSunderland · 3-0
  • 46'Goal · Djibril CisséSunderland · 4-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Scott CarsonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 56'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 73'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandSunderland

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 2, West Bromwich Albion 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Carson, Gianni Zuiverloon, Abdoulaye Meite, Jonas Olsson, Robert Koren, Jonathan Greening, Chris Brunt, James Morrison, Borja Valero, Luke Moore, Paul Robinson