FOOTBALL Live

Saturday October 27, 2007 Finished Stadium of Light

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Sunderland

  • Jones 83’

Fulham

  • Davies 32’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Fulham
    • 90+2 An awful capitulation by Fulham, 1-1 at the end, although credit to the Black Cats for never giving up in the true spirit of their boss Roy Keane.
    • 90' Fulham have totally messed up their attempt to step up for offside and Stokes is in! Omuzusi has been dragged inside and he falls over and Stokes cuts past Stefanovic and he must score but an incredible save by Niemi! How have Fulham done this? They've fallen apart and pressed PANIC the moment Sunderland went down to ten men!
    • 89' Fulham are hanging on for dear life here, this is a terrible and quite typical capitulation from Lawrie Sanchez' men, they have had no idea how to deal with Sunderland after they went down to ten men as Kuqi saves their bacon by heading over for a corner just as Jones was about to head a winner into the net.
    • 87' Some neat interplay on the edge of the box by Sunderland, Stokes and Jones and a one-two and he can shoot but plays it wide instead of having a crack!
    • 85' Bocanegra booked.
    • 83' Throw in to Sunderland on the left, the cross comes in AND JONES FLIES IN UNMARKED TO POWER THE HEADER INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET! 1-1 from ten-man Sunderland! Shocking marking from Fulham, AGAIN they throw away a lead.
    • 79' FULHAM SUB: Finally Kamara makes way for Seol.
    • 77' A bit of confusion as Seol stripped down and Sanchez asked for the sub but Kamara decides he's ok to continue.
    • 75' Seems to be an injury to Kamara, who's struggling...
    • 72' SUNDERLAND SUB: Harte on for Stokes.
    • 71' Sunderland break, long in for Jones who flicks it on FOR STOKES WHO MUST SCORE BUT NIEMI SOMEHOW SAVES THE VOLLEY! What a stop! He did everything right but a brilliant stop.
    • 69' FULHAM SUB: Healy off for Kuqi.
    • 68' Kamara on the left, he skins Nosworthy who slips and Kamara is in and powers a beauty past Gordon for 2-0! But noooo, the ref has blown for a foul on Nosworthy - lucky boy, it was his mistake!
    • 66' Oh dear, Halford's day goes from bad to worse as he's shown a second yellow for a flagrant tug on Healy.
    • 63' Halford is in the wars again, he wasn't exactly pretty before today but his face is bloodied again, this time a cut above his eye.
    • 61' SUNDERLAND DOUBLE SUB: Stokes and Murphy on for Chopra and Etuhu.
    • 58' Halford brings down Dempsey on the left, he's not happy but a free-kick is given... great delivery again from Davies and it rebounds off a Sunderland player for DEMPSEY but his overhead finish is blocked and over for a corner.
    • 56' More pressure from Sunderland, right wing cross to Jones at the far post nodded back for Chopra but Fulham clear.
    • 54' Corner to Sunderland swung into the six yard box and NOSWORTHY WITH THE HEADER but Niemi tips it away and hacked behind by a Fulham defender!
    • 52' Jones almost gets on the end of the free kick but Niemi manages to palm it behind for a corner...
    • 51' Stefanovic now booked for a blatant pull-back on Jones on the Sunderland right wing....
    • 49' Davies is booked for a foul on Wallace around 35 yards out... the free-kick is, however, cleared by Healy back defending.
    • 46' Second half underway at the Stadium of Light.
    • 45+2 And that's the half-time whistle, Fulham lead 1-0 thanks to that superb Simon Davies goal.
    • 45+1 Sunderland finding some rhythm now as Halford finds space on the right to play a super cross into JONES but inches over his head as he flies in and Fulham survive!
    • 45' Dempsey is booked for a rather innocuous looking foul on Leadbitter.... Fulham clear the resultant free kick from the right.
    • 44' Jones almost turns into space in the area but Hughes manages to thrash it clear....
    • 40' Dempsey goes up for a header and in challenging Higginbotham I think it is collides with Halford, who is down in some pain... broken nose I think, blood everywhere but he'll be fine.
    • 36' Fulham still piling forward with Sunderland just lumping the ball upfield when they can. Keano's going to give them hell at half time...
    • 34' Yellow for Halford after a late one on Davis. Free-kick taken by Davies but Sunderland get it clear this time.
    • 32' Free-kick to Fulham about 33 yards out, Davies stands over it... AND HE SENDS OVER A BRILLIANT CURLER INTO THE TOP LEFT!! 1-0 to Fulham, what a strike, Gordon possibly a bit slow getting across but take nothing away from the free-kick from Davies.
    • 30' Kamara is absolutley furious, and rightly so - he was played clean through and was clearly tugged but nothing given.
    • 28' Davies to take.... and a great delivery finds DEMPSEY FLYING IN BUT HE HEADS WIDE! The Yank was under pressure but should have got that on target.
    • 27' Foul by Higginbotham on Healy gives Fulham a free-kick about 30 yards out that Davies and Davis are over...
    • 26' The Sunderland fans are getting on their side's back, who haven't looked at the races so far.
    • 24' Finally time to take the free-kick... but a terrible one from Stefanovic about ten yards over.
    • 22' Kamara wins the ball in the Sunderland half and plays it right to Davies and that's a poor two-footed tackle by Collins, somehow escaping a booking. Free-kick Fulham and Davies is furious.
    • 20' Great ball by Miller over the top sets Chopra in but it lands just behind him so his touch takes him away from goal.. he tries to cross low into the area but easy for Niemi.
    • 17' Good passing play from Sunderland but they revert to type as it's launched in for Jones but Fulham clear.
    • 15' Fulham all over Sunderland here as Healy keeps the ball in on the right, feeds Davies on the overlap who crosses for Kamara but cleared by Higginbotham.
    • 13' Good play by Davies on the right and he swings a great cross in but Healy flying in can't get there and it's out for a goal kick.
    • 8' Higginbotham slips while picking up a pass and Healy has an open goal to shoot at but he misses the target! Shocking miss, Higginbotham will be pleased his error wasn't punished though.
    • 5' Chopra to take... he swings it in AND JONES FLIES IN but he can't ake decent contact and Fulham clear! Fulham try to break but it's played over the top and Chopra is in but Niemi comes out to block and it's out for a corner!
    • 4' Yellow for Stefanovic for sliding in on Jones on the Sunderland right...
    • 3' Free-kick to Fulham about 30 yards out and Davies lofts it in quickly for DEMPSEY WITH THE HEADER but well held by Gordon.
    • 1' Match underway at the Stadium of Light.

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Fulham
    53% Possession 46%
    12 Shots 8
    3 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 0
    9 Corners 1
    15 Fouls 13
    4 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 4
    1 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 22
    267 Accurate passes 188
    68 Bad passes 63

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 27 3 7
      15 Danny Collins 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 39 12 5
      2 Greg Halford 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 3 0
      14 Danny Higginbotham 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 21 8 3
      4 Dickson Etuhu 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 29 3 2
      12 Liam Miller 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 38 11 3
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 28 7 1
      33 Ross Wallace 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 6 3
      17 Kenwyne Jones 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 20 4 1
      16 Michael Chopra 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 9 0 0
      13 Darren Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Daryl Murphy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 8 0
      3 Ian Harte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1
      9 Anthony Stokes 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 2
      31 David Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 12 1
      22 Elliot Omozusi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0 2
      6 Dejan Stefanovic 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12 6 0
      10 Steven Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 7 4
      27 Danny Murphy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 8 3
      25 Simon Davies 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 20 1 1
      9 David Healy 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 10 1 2
      11 Diomansy Kamara 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 16 4 1
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 26 16 6
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Alexei Smertin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Ki-Hyeon Seol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      38 Nathan Ashton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Shefki Kuqi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 3 1

  • Summary

    • 90' Fulham have totally messed up their attempt to step up for offside and Stokes is in! Omuzusi has been dragged inside and he falls over and Stokes cuts past Stefanovic and he must score but an incredible save by Niemi! How have Fulham done this? They've fallen apart and pressed PANIC the moment Sunderland went down to ten men!
    • 89' Fulham are hanging on for dear life here, this is a terrible and quite typical capitulation from Lawrie Sanchez' men, they have had no idea how to deal with Sunderland after they went down to ten men as Kuqi saves their bacon by heading over for a corner just as Jones was about to head a winner into the net.
    • 83' Throw in to Sunderland on the left, the cross comes in AND JONES FLIES IN UNMARKED TO POWER THE HEADER INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET! 1-1 from ten-man Sunderland! Shocking marking from Fulham, AGAIN they throw away a lead.
    • 71' Sunderland break, long in for Jones who flicks it on FOR STOKES WHO MUST SCORE BUT NIEMI SOMEHOW SAVES THE VOLLEY! What a stop! He did everything right but a brilliant stop.
    • 68' Kamara on the left, he skins Nosworthy who slips and Kamara is in and powers a beauty past Gordon for 2-0! But noooo, the ref has blown for a foul on Nosworthy - lucky boy, it was his mistake!
    • 66' Oh dear, Halford's day goes from bad to worse as he's shown a second yellow for a flagrant tug on Healy.
    • 58' Halford brings down Dempsey on the left, he's not happy but a free-kick is given... great delivery again from Davies and it rebounds off a Sunderland player for DEMPSEY but his overhead finish is blocked and over for a corner.
    • 54' Corner to Sunderland swung into the six yard box and NOSWORTHY WITH THE HEADER but Niemi tips it away and hacked behind by a Fulham defender!
    • 45+1 Sunderland finding some rhythm now as Halford finds space on the right to play a super cross into JONES but inches over his head as he flies in and Fulham survive!
    • 32' Free-kick to Fulham about 33 yards out, Davies stands over it... AND HE SENDS OVER A BRILLIANT CURLER INTO THE TOP LEFT!! 1-0 to Fulham, what a strike, Gordon possibly a bit slow getting across but take nothing away from the free-kick from Davies.
    • 28' Davies to take.... and a great delivery finds DEMPSEY FLYING IN BUT HE HEADS WIDE! The Yank was under pressure but should have got that on target.
    • 8' Higginbotham slips while picking up a pass and Healy has an open goal to shoot at but he misses the target! Shocking miss, Higginbotham will be pleased his error wasn't punished though.
    • 5' Chopra to take... he swings it in AND JONES FLIES IN but he can't ake decent contact and Fulham clear! Fulham try to break but it's played over the top and Chopra is in but Niemi comes out to block and it's out for a corner!
    • 3' Free-kick to Fulham about 30 yards out and Davies lofts it in quickly for DEMPSEY WITH THE HEADER but well held by Gordon.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Andre Marriner

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • Halford
    • Higginbotham
    • Nosworthy
    • Collins
    • Leadbitter
    • Etuhu
    • Miller
    • Wallace
    • Jones
    • Chopra

    Subs

    • Harte
    • Ward
    • Connolly
    • Murphy
    • O'Donovan

    Injured

    • Yorke
    • Stokes

    Suspended

    • McShane

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    Captain: Carlos Bocanegra

    On the Field

    • Niemi
    • Omozusi
    • Stefanovic
    • Hughes
    • Bocanegra
    • Davies
    • Murphy
    • Davis
    • Dempsey
    • Healy
    • Kamara

    Subs

    • Smertin
    • Kuqi
    • Ki-Hyeon
    • Warner
    • Ashton

    Injured

    • Christanval
    • Pearce
    • Keller
    • Cook
    • Volz
    • Bullard
    • McBride
    • Elliott
    • Bouazza

    Suspended

    • Konchesky