West Ham United 3-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 October 2007

Result

West Ham United 3-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 21 October 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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West Ham United 3-1 Sunderland: match report

West Ham United won against Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 October 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Carlton Cole opened the scoring in the 8th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Carlton Cole (8'), an own goal by Craig Gordon (78') and Craig Bellamy (90+1'). Sunderland scored through K. Jones (52').

Discipline: West Ham United received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 11th on 10 points from 8 and Sunderland 15th on 8 points from 9. West Ham United went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.

West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 West Ham United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Carlton ColeWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Carlton ColeWest Ham United
  • 17'Yellow card · Grant LeadbitterSunderland
  • 52'Goal · K. JonesSunderland · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Greg HalfordSunderland
  • 78'Own goal · Craig GordonWest Ham United · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Craig BellamyWest Ham United
  • 81'Yellow card · Lee BowyerWest Ham United
  • 90+1'Goal · Craig BellamyWest Ham United · 3-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: West Ham United 4, draws 2, Sunderland 2.

Team news

West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Lucas Neill, George McCartney, Danny Gabbidon, Matthew Upson, Craig Bellamy, Carlton Cole, Matthew Etherington, Mark Noble, Hayden Mullins, Lee Bowyer

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Craig Gordon, Greg Halford, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Dickson Etuhu, Liam Miller, Grant Leadbitter, Ross Wallace, Kenwyne Jones, Roy O'Donovan