Premiership · Matchday 05
Manchester United v Sunderland
1–0
Manchester United beat Sunderland 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 1st September 2007 in the Premiership. Louis Saha (72') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 38' Grant Leadbitter
- Half Time
- 46' Louis Saha for Anderson
- 65' Michael Chopra
- 66' Darren Fletcher for Eagles
- 72' Louis Saha 1–0
- 73' Nemanja Vidic
- 84' John O'Shea for Nani
- Full Time 1–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Sunderland Lineup
Starting XI
1 Craig Gordon G
4 Dickson Etuhu M
5 Nyron Nosworthy D
6 Paul McShane D
14 Danny Higginbotham D
15 Danny Collins M
16 Michael Chopra F
17 Kenwyne Jones F
18 Grant Leadbitter M
19 Dwight Yorke F
33 Ross Wallace M
Substitutes
9 Anthony Stokes on
11 Daryl Murphy on
12 Liam Miller on
13 Darren Ward
35 Michael Kay
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 124 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 124 times: 51W 34D 39L.
1 Jan 2003 W 2–1 PL 15 Oct 2005 W 3–1 PL 14 Apr 2006 D 0–0 PL
1 Sep 2007 W 1–0 This match
26 Dec 2007 W 4–0 PL 6 Dec 2008 W 1–0 PL 11 Apr 2009 W 2–1 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 →