FOOTBALL Live

Saturday November 10, 2007 Finished Stadium of Light

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Sunderland

  • Higginbotham 52’

Newcastle United

  • Milner 65’
  1. Honours even in north-east derby

    Honours even in north-east derby

    The spoils were shared in the north-east derby on Saturday as James Milner equalised for Newcastle soon after Sunderland's Danny Higginbotham had opened the scoring at the Stadium of Light. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Newcastle United
    • 90'+3 There goes the final whistle! And the honours are even at the Stadium of Light after a 1-1 draw!
    • 90' Into injury time, and this one's looking like finishing in a stalemate...
    • 88' Emre departs... Geremi comes on as time runs out...
    • 83' Michael Owen is taken off for the final seven minutes... and on comes Obafemi Martins...
    • 82' OFF THE BAR FROM CHOPRA! The corner is hit deep and Chopra is there to nod goalwards, only to be denied by the woodwork!
    • 81' Corner to Sunderland now... time running out and the atmosphere is building!
    • 79' Viduka's back on! He's so hard!
    • 76' Newcastle down to ten men for the time being as Viduka gets stitched up on the side of the pitch after clashing with Higginbotham.
    • 73' Roy Keane wants to win this game... he brings on strike Anthony Stokes for midfielder Ross Wallace...
    • 70' Taylor is shown yellow for an elbow on Chopra...
    • 68' Harper finds Owen with a monster clearance... Owen... Owen... OWEN! Ooh! The England man's shot is saved by Gordon! Phew!
    • 67' Chopra attemptes an overhead kick! Blocked by Rozehnal! It's all happening here!
    • 66' Oooh! Jones nearly puts Sunderland back in the lead moments later! But his shot after a neat turn on the edge of the box, goes wide of the mark! We have a real derby now!
    • 65' GOAL! MILNER PUTS NEWCASTLE BACK ON LEVEL TERMS! It's a bad goal to concede for Sunderland as his shot (or is an attempted cross?) evades everyone in the mixer, only to creep in off the far post! 1-1!
    • 62' Faye pulls up clutching his hamstring... this could be problematic for Sam Allardyce... Habib Beye comes on to replace him.
    • 58' Milner bursts into the Sunderland box... Edwards gets tangled up with him, but the referee waves play on! No penalty!
    • 56' Barton fancies his chances from distance here... poor from the serial headline maker... way over the bar.
    • 53' Listen to the crowd now! Sunderland in the lead and the fans are loving it!
    • 52' GOAL! DANNY HIGGINBOTHAM PUTS SUNDERLAND IN THE LEAD! Wallace, from a quickly taken short corner, finds the defender with a lovely ball to the far post where Higginbotham nods home to spark wild celebrations at the Stadium of Light!
    • 48' JONES FIRES A HEADER GOALWARDS! Harper's well behind it though! But that's fired up the crowd after their half time pies!
    • 46' Back underway at the Stadium of Light!
    • 45'+1 Barton goes in high on Etuhu just before the half-time whistle, and then makes a few hand signals as it threatens to kick off... unsavoury end to a decent opening period.
    • 45' A completely spooned Barton clearance brings a loud cheer from the home crowd... they don't like the Scouser much in these parts.
    • 44' CHOPRA! Brilliant turn and shot from the Sunderland ace! And his effort brings a super diving save from Harper! Best effort of the game so far!
    • 43' Poor from Ethuhu... his pass looking for Wallace goes straight out of play.
    • 41' Great stuff from Milner to take the ball down on the left hand side... but McShane stands firm to make the clearance...
    • 38' Rozehnal with a chance! Barton puts a corner deep to the far post where the Czech defender is all alone! But he isn't expecting it to come all the way through to him and in the end he uses his hand in an effort to control the ball!
    • 37' Edwards blasts the free kick straight into the Newcastle wall... disappointing.
    • 36' Jones breaks through! Faye brings him down, albeit accidentally... free kick right on the corner of the penalty box... and a yellow for Faye.
    • 35' Owen goes down in the box at the other end... no real shout for a peno though...
    • 34' And then Leadbitter again, this time with a header! Oooh! He should do better there, but he nods over the bar! Two great chances in a minute!
    • 33' Brilliant passing move from Sunderland... it ends with Harper having to make a save from Chopra before Leadbitter blasts the rebound goalwards! Blocked on the line by Smith with Harper beaten!
    • 31' At the other end, Viduka wins a corner as his shot is deflected behind!
    • 30' Free kick now to Sunderland... Edwards puts in a dangerous ball... great defensive header from Taylor!
    • 28' Owen brings Gordon into action! N'Zogbia's deep cross finds him at the far post... the England man dithers a little though and by the time he lets off an effort, there's enough Sunderland defenders around him to put him off and Gordon makes the save!
    • 26' Chopra with a chance to shoot here! Oh no! He blazes over... the Newcastle defence just stood off him a little there...
    • 25' And that's the end of the road for Nosworthy... he heads off to the dressing room and is replaced by James Collins.
    • 24' Great run from N'Zogbia down the left hand side... he's brought to a halt by Chopra... and Chopra becomes the first player of the day to go into the referee's book.
    • 24' Sunderland down to ten men for the time being...
    • 23' Nosworthy looks like he's in trouble here... he pulls up under no pressure by the touchline... could be a problem for Roy Keane...
    • 22' Wallace's corner kick is cleared all too easily at the near post though...
    • 21' Nosworthy breaks forward and wins a corner for his troubles!
    • 19' McShane hits the deck after a collision with Owen... he'll be fine, and of course, there was no malice from little Michael....
    • 18' Real chance for Sunderland to break through now... Chopra's through on his own on the right... Jones is free in the middle! But Faye hurls himself at the ball and fortunately wins it before Chopra can find his team-mate in the centre...
    • 17' Jones does well to fend off the attentions of Rozehnal... he crosses in for CHOPRA! Oooh! Spectacular effort from the boyhood Newcastle fan! But his bicycle kick goes over the bar!
    • 14' WALLACE WITH A CHANCE! He's found at the far post, but his sidefooted volley goes over the bar!
    • 13' At the other end, Emre delivers a poor free kick of his own... headed clear by Jones, doing a spot of defending...
    • 12' Edwards now with a chance to deliver a ball into the Newcaslte box... oh dear, he's blasted that one way too deep.
    • 10' Milner and McShane clash on the left hand side as the former tries to muscle his way past the latter... the referee sees an infringement from Milner and gives a free kick to Sunderland...
    • 9' Viduka takes a long ball down on his chest before turning and attempting an overhead kick! Way over the bar from the Aussie...
    • 8' Lovely control from Etuhu in the middle of the park... but he horribly overhits his pass through to Jones and the ball runs all the way to Harper.
    • 6' Headed clear by the Newcastle defence... but only as far as Leadbitter! Great hit! Great block from Taylor!
    • 6' Wallace hits the wall with a rather tame effort from the free kick... but Sunderland win their first corner of the game after it's pumped back into the mixer!
    • 5' Here we go! Challenges fly in all over the show... on Wallace and then on Leadbitter! The crowd are baying for blood... all they get is a free kick!
    • 3' Owen caught by Leadbitter in midfield... and that will be a free kick to Newcastle... expect a few similar challenges to fly in during the opening exchanges...
    • 2' Jones flicks a long ball on towards Carlos Edwards... great leap... could be a chance here! But Harper comes out well to punch the ball away... foul goes against Edwards anyway...
    • 2' Newcastle in all blue today... and not their normal black and white stripes....
    • 2' Great atmosphere at the Stadium of Light... understandably so. The rivalry between these two teams is incredible.
    • 1' Underway at the Stadium of Light!
    • - Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
    • - Newcastle line-up: Harper, Taylor, Faye, Rozehnal, N'Zogbia, Milner, Smith, Barton, Emre, Owen, Viduka - Subs: Forster, Jose Enrique, Martins, Geremi, Beye
    • - Sunderland line-up: Gordon, McShane, Nosworthy, Higginbotham, Harte, Edwards, Leadbitter, Etuhu, Wallace, Chopra, Jones - Subs: Ward, Stokes, Miller, Collins, Connolly
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's big game in the north-east! It's Sunderland v Newcastle and it's always a fiery encounter! Join us at 12:45 GMT for all the action as it happens at the Stadium of Light!

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Newcastle United
    50% Possession 49%
    23 Shots 9
    3 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    7 Corners 4
    15 Fouls 10
    0 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 22
    209 Accurate passes 217
    58 Bad passes 48

  • 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 7 0 0
      6 Paul McShane 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 0 0
      3 Ian Harte 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 24 2 2
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      14 Danny Higginbotham 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 13 3 1
      4 Dickson Etuhu 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 26 8 4
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 21 3 4
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 26 6 1
      33 Ross Wallace 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 16 14 3
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 4 1 2 6 0 0 16 7 1
      16 Michael Chopra 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 13 2 2
      13 Darren Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Liam Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Anthony Stokes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      31 David Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 3
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0 3
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0 1
      4 David Rozehnal 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 6 1
      7 Joey Barton 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 22 3 2
      5 Belozoglu Emre 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 36 9 5
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 10 1
      16 James Milner 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 10 8 0
      36 Mark Viduka 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 22 5 2
      10 Michael Owen 0 3 2 1 3 2 0 15 4 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 26 2 3
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2

  • Summary

    • 82' OFF THE BAR FROM CHOPRA! The corner is hit deep and Chopra is there to nod goalwards, only to be denied by the woodwork!
    • 68' Harper finds Owen with a monster clearance... Owen... Owen... OWEN! Ooh! The England man's shot is saved by Gordon! Phew!
    • 66' Oooh! Jones nearly puts Sunderland back in the lead moments later! But his shot after a neat turn on the edge of the box, goes wide of the mark! We have a real derby now!
    • 65' GOAL! MILNER PUTS NEWCASTLE BACK ON LEVEL TERMS! It's a bad goal to concede for Sunderland as his shot (or is an attempted cross?) evades everyone in the mixer, only to creep in off the far post! 1-1!
    • 52' GOAL! DANNY HIGGINBOTHAM PUTS SUNDERLAND IN THE LEAD! Wallace, from a quickly taken short corner, finds the defender with a lovely ball to the far post where Higginbotham nods home to spark wild celebrations at the Stadium of Light!
    • 48' JONES FIRES A HEADER GOALWARDS! Harper's well behind it though! But that's fired up the crowd after their half time pies!
    • 44' CHOPRA! Brilliant turn and shot from the Sunderland ace! And his effort brings a super diving save from Harper! Best effort of the game so far!
    • 38' Rozehnal with a chance! Barton puts a corner deep to the far post where the Czech defender is all alone! But he isn't expecting it to come all the way through to him and in the end he uses his hand in an effort to control the ball!
    • 34' And then Leadbitter again, this time with a header! Oooh! He should do better there, but he nods over the bar! Two great chances in a minute!
    • 33' Brilliant passing move from Sunderland... it ends with Harper having to make a save from Chopra before Leadbitter blasts the rebound goalwards! Blocked on the line by Smith with Harper beaten!
    • 28' Owen brings Gordon into action! N'Zogbia's deep cross finds him at the far post... the England man dithers a little though and by the time he lets off an effort, there's enough Sunderland defenders around him to put him off and Gordon makes the save!
    • 14' WALLACE WITH A CHANCE! He's found at the far post, but his sidefooted volley goes over the bar!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: M Atkinson

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Nyron Nosworthy

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • McShane
    • Nosworthy
    • Higginbotham
    • Harte
    • Edwards
    • Leadbitter
    • Etuhu
    • Wallace
    • Jones
    • Chopra

    Subs

    • Ward
    • Connolly
    • Miller
    • Collins
    • Stokes

    Injured

    • Varga
    • Yorke
    • Richardson
    • Whitehead
    • Anderson

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Michael Owen

    On the Field

    • Harper
    • Taylor
    • Rozehnal
    • Diagne-Faye
    • N'Zogbia
    • Milner
    • Smith
    • Barton
    • Emre
    • Viduka
    • Owen

    Subs

    • Beye
    • Geremi
    • Martins
    • Enrique
    • Forster

    Injured

    • Given

    Suspended

    None