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  1. Jones gives Sunderland win

    Jones gives Sunderland win

    A second-half strike from Kenwyne Jones gave Sunderland a 1-0 Premier League win over Fulham at the Stadium of Light. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Fulham
    • 90+3 An attempted lob is off target, Sunderland send it downfield and that's the final whistle! A big win for Sunderland that moves them 11th, behind Fulham only on goal difference.
    • 90+2 Fulham are piling it all forward now but it's too little too late by the looks of things as Johnson again can't get hold of the ball on the edge of the box...
    • 90' Three minutes added time being played.
    • 89' Jones flies through the air to take a long ball on his chest but the touch is slightly too heavy for him to finish and Schwarzer claims.
    • 88' Fulham come forward, Dempsey on the edge of the box has a shot which is blocked and it spins up in the air but Nevland can't get a head on it and it lands to Zamora on the left but he bizarrely toe-pokes it up in the air and harmlessly into Fulop's arms. Zamora shouldn't be allowed near a six-yard box on this showing, just plop him on the edge of the area with his back to goal and he'll do more good than harm.
    • 85' Fulham have a free-kick on the right which Gera will take but Sunderland head clear. All a bit hopeful from Fulham now, who seem to have run out of ideas.
    • 83' FULHAM SUBl: Nevland comes on for Etuhu.
    • 82' SUNDERLAND SUB: Tainio cannot continue and is replaced by Leadbitter.
    • 80' Pantsil charges McShane down on the edge of the box and he's in but panics and thrashes it over! He lost his head there when he had time and pace to put it across the keeper.
    • 79' Tainio seems to be hurt... He's limping badly...
    • 78' Tainio comes forward for Sunderland, who are content to slow things down now by passing it short around midfield.
    • 76' Sunderland swing a free-kick over from deep but Fulham clear.
    • 75' SUNDERLAND SUB: Reid comes off for the fresh legs of Edwards. FULHAM SUB: Davies is replaced by Gera.
    • 74' Fulham are under the cosh here as every time they clear - or try to - they give it straight back to Sunderland. Murphy eventually row-z's it.
    • 73' Malbranque swings it in right-footed but cleared behind for a corner, which is taken short and quickly and wasted.
    • 70' Davies is furious after being adjudged to have pulled back Reid - it looked like they were both at it. Free-kick Sunderland just to the left of the Fulham box, Malbranque and Reid over it...
    • 69' Dempsey on the left now, he clips over an excellent far-post cross for Zamora who elects to nod it across goal to Johnson but his effort is blocked! A bit more confidence and Zamora would have gone for goal with that.
    • 67' SUNDERLAND SUB: McCartney comes off after his first start in months, Paul McShane is in now.
    • 67' Sunderland break and a mistake by Etuhu plays Jones in and he drills it into the box, it ricochets kindly for Malbranque and he fires on goal but a brilliant save by Schwarzer!
    • 66' Pantsil on the right, he swings over a deep cross and Dempsey flies in with a diving header into the ground AND DAVIES MUST SCORE AT THE FAR POST BUT HE PUTS IT OVER! What a miss! Oh no! He was a yard out!
    • 62' Malbranque on the ball, he drills a shot in from the edge of the D but well held by Schwarzer.
    • 60' Frustration for Johnson, who skews a shot high and wide from the edge of the box.
    • 57' Sunderland come forward again but this time the shot from Cisse is blocked by Konchesky.
    • 56' Reid on the ball, he surges into space through the middle, this is a great run but Pantsil gets across and the ball breaks to CISSE WITH THE SHOT BUT PARRIED BY SCHWARZER AND JONES WITH THE REBOUND AND IT'S IN!! Sunderland lead and Kenwyne Jones repays the board for giving him a new contract with a vital finish!
    • 54' Zamora is unmarked on the penalty spot and the ball comes in from Pantsil on the right and it's a free header but he aims it straight at Fulop! That should have been 1-0! Bad miss by Zamora! Oh, the whistle had gone for a push by Zamora.
    • 52' Great run by Reid down the left, he swings over a teasing cross that Schwarzer gets a punch on and Jones puts it back in but a poor shot and easy for the Australian keeper.
    • 50' Almost a hairy moment for Collins, who lets the ball bounce before heading it somewhat strongly back to Fulop with Zamora lurking close by.
    • 47' Bright start to the half for Sunderland as Cisse wins a corner on the right. Reid comes over to take it with Ferdinand up... headed away by all nine foot three of Hangeland at the back.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45' Half-time, goalless at the Stadium of Light but both sides have had chances!
    • 44' Free-kick to Sunderland around 35 yards out which Reid swings towards the right but half-cleared by Fulham... Malbranque follows it up and thinks he's win a corner, but a goal-kick is awarded.
    • 43' Konchesky on halfway, he slips past Malbranque and surges into open space, sends a dipping ball to just outside the area WHERE DAVIES MEETS IT WITH A SPECTACULAR VOLLEY BUT HE SENDS IT WIDE! That would have been some goal had it gone in!
    • 42' Fulham are keeping the ball a bit better in the latter stages of this half, Sunderland aren't quite on the back foot but they're having to do most of the defending.
    • 41' Good defending by Malbranque to halt Konchesky and draw a free kick when the Fulham man had got in a good position on the left.
    • 39' Johnson on the left, he has lots of space but instead of running at Bardsley plays it inside to Dempsey on the edge of the box and in one movement he turns Ferdinand, holds him off and drills it first-time past Fulop but inches wide of the right-hand post! Unlucky Dempsey!
    • 38' Jones forearms Murphy off the ball but no foul and it bounces off Hughes and Jones has gone through but a great stop by Schwarzer, it drops to Cisse though and he must finish but Schwarzer somehow gets his body across to parry and Fulham clear!
    • 35' A superb sweeping, passing move from left to right by Fulham comes to nothing when Johnson steps over it instead of shooting and Davies can't get the shot away... Sunderland break and Reid has a pop from range that forces Schwarzer to dive low to his right to claim.
    • 34' Lovely turn and movement into space from Zamora, who gets from halfway to 30 yards out before laying it off to Dempsey, but the Texan's shot is weak and straight at Fulop.
    • 32' Terrible from Reid, low and straight into the wall, he's claiming they moved to quick but that makes no difference when the shot is weak and at knee-height.
    • 31' A rather harsh foot up on Etuhu gives Sunderland a free-kick very centrally just over 30 yards from goal... Looks like Reid is going to take this one, although Cisse is over it too...
    • 30' Davies plays a clever reverse pass into Dempsey on the right-hand side of the area but he can't control it and fouls McCartney.
    • 28' Fulham come forward, Johnson on the right, he keeps going, there's no challenge with Sunderland too high up in midfield and he gets into the area to shoot on goal but blocked by Bardsley and it spins wide for a corner!
    • 26' Cisse gets the ball just inside the Fulham area, on the right, he surges forward and lets rip from the edge of the box and Schwarzer can only parry but fortunately for Fulham no-one is there to pounce and they clear! Poor keeping.
    • 22' Good break by Fulham, Johnson on the edge of the D plays it to Zamora, who is just on the edge of the area but has his back to goal so lays it off for DAVIES WITH A LOW DRIVE but it bobbles wide! The Welshman is sure there was a deflection but it was actually just off target. He should have made Fulop work from there.
    • 20' Zamora gets the ball on the edge of the box but blocked by Ferdinand, now Johnson on the left and his effort is blocked by Bardsley.
    • 17' Zamora gets a touch about 35 yards out but it spins away from him and is back with Sunderland.
    • 14' Whitehead tells Dempsey to watch it after a foul on the Sunderland right, poor delivery from Reid with the free-kick though and headed clear at the near post.
    • 12' The last few minutes have been particularly scrappy. The pitch in Sunderland is pretty cut-up through the middle and out wide and Fulham are struggling to get their pass-and-move game rolling.
    • 8' It's Fulham's turn to come forward at pace now, as Johnson has time and space to turn and shoot from just outside the box but it's straight at Fulop.
    • 7' Sunderland break, Cisse holds it up on halfway and slips it wide right to Malbranque. The former Fulham man takes a touch and swings a ball diagonally into the box and Cisse has a crack first time but it flashes wide!
    • 5' Fulham on the counter, Johnson through the middle, he holds off one challenge and slips it through to Zamora on the edge of the six-yard box and he must shoot now but hesitates and allows Collins to come across!
    • 4' Sunderland come forward down the left, but Jones is isolated just outside the box near the byline and his cross is easily intercepted.
    • 3' Nice move by Fulham, in a a fetching canary yellow tonight, but Dempsey can't get the final ball in for Johnson and Sunderland clear.
    • 1' Match underway!
    • - FULHAM TEAM NEWS: The only major changes for the Whites are Danny Murphy and Bobby Zamora returning to the starting line-up after their match-winning performances from the bench in the FA Cup win at Kettering. Zoltan Gera drops to the bench, as does Fredrik Stoor, who is as expected replaced by John Pantsil.
    • - SUNDERLAND TEAM NEWS: Andy Reid plays in midfield ahead of El-Hadj Diouf, who is on the bench, while Phil Bardlsey starts at right-back instead of Paul McShane. George McCartney starts after completing his comeback from injury.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Sunderland's Premier League clash with Fulham at the Stadium of Light: from 19:45 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Fulham
    47% Possession 53%
    19 Shots 19
    8 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 5
    3 Corners 1
    10 Fouls 2
    2 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 25
    290 Accurate passes 332
    59 Bad passes 43

  • 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
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      26 Anton Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3 2
      3 George McCartney 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 9 0
      2 Phillip Bardsley 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 45 5 3
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 9 2
      4 Teemu Tainio 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 6 2
      6 Dean Whitehead 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 36 8 3
      8 Steed Malbranque 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 34 9 5
      20 Andy Reid 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 23 5 0
      9 Djibril Cisse 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 9 3 0
      17 Kenwyne Jones 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 19 1 2
      16 Michael Chopra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      46 Nick Colgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Paul McShane 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
      23 David Healy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 3
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 37 16 3
      4 John Paintsil 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 1
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 0
      20 Dickson Etuhu 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 37 5 4
      13 Danny Murphy 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 54 3 2
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 33 5 4
      25 Simon Davies 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 23 0 3
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 22 7 3
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 18 3 1
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1
      33 Toni Kallio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Erik Nevland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      26 Leon Andreasen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' Fulham come forward, Dempsey on the edge of the box has a shot which is blocked and it spins up in the air but Nevland can't get a head on it and it lands to Zamora on the left but he bizarrely toe-pokes it up in the air and harmlessly into Fulop's arms. Zamora shouldn't be allowed near a six-yard box on this showing, just plop him on the edge of the area with his back to goal and he'll do more good than harm.
    • 80' Pantsil charges McShane down on the edge of the box and he's in but panics and thrashes it over! He lost his head there when he had time and pace to put it across the keeper.
    • 67' Sunderland break and a mistake by Etuhu plays Jones in and he drills it into the box, it ricochets kindly for Malbranque and he fires on goal but a brilliant save by Schwarzer!
    • 66' Pantsil on the right, he swings over a deep cross and Dempsey flies in with a diving header into the ground AND DAVIES MUST SCORE AT THE FAR POST BUT HE PUTS IT OVER! What a miss! Oh no! He was a yard out!
    • 56' Reid on the ball, he surges into space through the middle, this is a great run but Pantsil gets across and the ball breaks to CISSE WITH THE SHOT BUT PARRIED BY SCHWARZER AND JONES WITH THE REBOUND AND IT'S IN!! Sunderland lead and Kenwyne Jones repays the board for giving him a new contract with a vital finish!
    • 54' Zamora is unmarked on the penalty spot and the ball comes in from Pantsil on the right and it's a free header but he aims it straight at Fulop! That should have been 1-0! Bad miss by Zamora! Oh, the whistle had gone for a push by Zamora.
    • 43' Konchesky on halfway, he slips past Malbranque and surges into open space, sends a dipping ball to just outside the area WHERE DAVIES MEETS IT WITH A SPECTACULAR VOLLEY BUT HE SENDS IT WIDE! That would have been some goal had it gone in!
    • 39' Johnson on the left, he has lots of space but instead of running at Bardsley plays it inside to Dempsey on the edge of the box and in one movement he turns Ferdinand, holds him off and drills it first-time past Fulop but inches wide of the right-hand post! Unlucky Dempsey!
    • 38' Jones forearms Murphy off the ball but no foul and it bounces off Hughes and Jones has gone through but a great stop by Schwarzer, it drops to Cisse though and he must finish but Schwarzer somehow gets his body across to parry and Fulham clear!
    • 28' Fulham come forward, Johnson on the right, he keeps going, there's no challenge with Sunderland too high up in midfield and he gets into the area to shoot on goal but blocked by Bardsley and it spins wide for a corner!
    • 26' Cisse gets the ball just inside the Fulham area, on the right, he surges forward and lets rip from the edge of the box and Schwarzer can only parry but fortunately for Fulham no-one is there to pounce and they clear! Poor keeping.
    • 22' Good break by Fulham, Johnson on the edge of the D plays it to Zamora, who is just on the edge of the area but has his back to goal so lays it off for DAVIES WITH A LOW DRIVE but it bobbles wide! The Welshman is sure there was a deflection but it was actually just off target. He should have made Fulop work from there.
    • 7' Sunderland break, Cisse holds it up on halfway and slips it wide right to Malbranque. The former Fulham man takes a touch and swings a ball diagonally into the box and Cisse has a crack first time but it flashes wide!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Sunderland's Premier League clash with Fulham at the Stadium of Light: from 19:45 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Halsey

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Ricky Sbragia

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    Starting line-up

    • M. Fulop
    • P. Bardsley
    • A. Ferdinand
    • D. Collins
    • G. McCartney Substitution Out (70′)
    • A. Reid Substitution Out (75′)
    • D. Whitehead
    • T. Tainio Substitution Out (81′)
    • S. Malbranque
    • K. Jones Goal
    • D. Cissé

    Subs

    • E. Diouf
    • D. Healy
    • N. Colgan
    • M. Chopra
    • C. Edwards Substitution In75′
    • P. McShane Substitution In70′
    • G. Leadbitter Substitution In81′

    Injured

    • N. Nosworthy
    • K. Richardson
    • C. Gordon

    Suspended

    None

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil
    • B. Hangeland
    • A. Hughes
    • P. Konchesky
    • C. Dempsey
    • D. Etuhu Substitution Out (83′)
    • D. Murphy
    • S. Davies Substitution Out (75′)
    • A. Johnson
    • B. Zamora

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • T. Kallio
    • Z. Gera Substitution In75′
    • E. Nevland Substitution In83′
    • C. Baird
    • L. Andreasen
    • F. Stoor

    Injured

    • D. Kamara
    • A. Taymourian

    Suspended

    None

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