West Ham United 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2009
Result
West Ham United 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
West Ham United 2-0 Sunderland: match report
West Ham United defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 April 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Junior Stanislas opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. West Ham United's goals came from Junior Stanislas (42') and James Tomkins (53'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game West Ham United were 8th on 41 points from 30 and Sunderland 15th on 32 points from 30. West Ham United went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Sunderland.
Going into the match West Ham United's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Sunderland's L-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 42'Goal · Junior Stanislas
- 53'Goal · James Tomkins
- 90'Yellow card · Herita Ilunga
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, Lucas Neill, Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga, Matthew Upson, Jonathan Spector, James Tomkins, Boa Morte, Diego Tristán, Junior Stanislas, Mark Noble, David Di Michele
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, Tal Ben Haim, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Grant Leadbitter, Djibril Cissé, Daryl Murphy