Premiership · Matchday 15
Manchester United v Sunderland
1–0
Manchester United beat Sunderland 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 6th December 2008 in the Premiership. Nemanja Vidic (90'+1') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- Half Time
- 57' Carlos Tevez for Park
- 68' Oliveira Anderson for Fletcher
- 68' Ryan Giggs for Ronaldo
- 90' Wayne Rooney
- 90+1' Nemanja Vidic 1–0
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
15 Nemanja Vidic 90'+1
Sunderland Lineup
Starting XI
2 Phil Bardsley LB
6 Dean Whitehead CM-R
8 Steed Malbranque RM
9 Djibril Cissé F
11 El-Hadji Diouf LM
15 Danny Collins CD-L
19 Dwight Yorke RCM
20 Andy Reid CM-L
21 Pascal Chimbonda RB
26 Anton Ferdinand CD-R
32 Marton Fülöp G
Substitutes
4 Teemu Tainio on
5 Nyron Nosworthy
7 Carlos Edwards on
14 Daryl Murphy
17 Kenwyne Jones on
18 Grant Leadbitter
46 Nick Colgan
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Ricky Sbragia
Sunderland
Match Information
United vs Sunderland History
Meeting 126 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 126 times: 53W 34D 39L.
14 Apr 2006 D 0–0 PL 1 Sep 2007 W 1–0 PL 26 Dec 2007 W 4–0 PL
6 Dec 2008 W 1–0 This match
11 Apr 2009 W 2–1 PL 3 Oct 2009 D 2–2 PL 2 May 2010 W 1–0 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 →