Premiership · Matchday 19
Sunderland v Manchester United
0–4
Manchester United beat Sunderland 4–0 at Stadium of Light, Sunderland on Wednesday 26th December 2007 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (20'), Louis Saha (30', 86') and Cristiano Ronaldo (45'+2') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 20' Wayne Rooney 0–1
- 29' Darren Fletcher
- 30' Louis Saha 0–2
- 45+2' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–3
- Half Time
- 57' Ji-Sung Park for Ronaldo
- 62' Dean Whitehead
- 74' Gerard Pique for Vidic
- 81' Paul McShane
- 86' Louis Saha pen 0–4
- Full Time 0–4
Match Facts
Starting XI
Sunderland Lineup
Starting XI
1 Craig Gordon G
4 Dickson Etuhu M
6 Paul McShane D
8 Dean Whitehead M
14 Danny Higginbotham D
15 Danny Collins D
16 Michael Chopra F
17 Kenwyne Jones F
19 Dwight Yorke M
33 Ross Wallace M
39 Martyn Waghorn M
Substitutes
10 Kieran Richardson on
13 Darren Ward
18 Grant Leadbitter on
20 Andrew Cole
23 Roy O'Donovan on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Roy Keane
Sunderland
Match Information
United vs Sunderland History
Meeting 125 of 147
147
Played
67
Won
38
Drawn
42
Lost
254
Goals For
208
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 4th March 1893. After this match United had played Sunderland 125 times: 52W 34D 39L.
15 Oct 2005 W 3–1 PL 14 Apr 2006 D 0–0 PL 1 Sep 2007 W 1–0 PL
26 Dec 2007 W 4–0 This match
6 Dec 2008 W 1–0 PL 11 Apr 2009 W 2–1 PL 3 Oct 2009 D 2–2 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 73 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 150 | 77 | 58.9 |
| Away | 73 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 99 | 130 | 31.5 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 100.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →