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Saturday October 25, 2008 Finished Stadium of Light

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Sunderland

  • Cissé 20’
  • Richardson 75’

Newcastle United

  • Ameobi 30’
  1. Sunderland take derby spoils

    Sunderland take derby spoils

    Kieran Richardson fired a stunning winner as Sunderland beat Newcastle 2-1 in a typically combustible Wear-Tyne derby in the Premier League. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Newcastle United
    • - What a game! Thanks for joining us today! Plenty more to come, so stay with us!
    • 90'+4 There goes the final whistle! And Sunderland claim a famous victory!
    • 90'+3 Super play from Barton to get to the by-line... but his cross is cleared and that could well be that!
    • 90'+1 Diouf is taken off to waste a few precious seconds... and on comes Andy Reid.
    • 89' Three minutes of added time to be played.
    • 87' Sunderland make a change now... off goes Malbranque and on comes Tainio.
    • 85' Newcastle make a double change... off goes Bassong and Butt and on come Enrique... and Barton to a cacophony of boos!
    • 84' Oooh! Off the post by Cisse! He fires goalwards from the edge of the box!
    • 82' Oooh! Cisse fires inches over the bar from a tight angle! Ambitious again, but why not?
    • 80' Barton's going to come on...
    • 78' Here comes Martins for Newcastle... that's great defending from Ferdinand to shut the door in his face!
    • 77' Jones! Ooooh! The substitute gets ahead of Taylor to nod just over the bar!
    • 75' GOAL! RICHARDSON FIRES SUNDERLAND INTO THE LEAD FOR A SECOND TIME! What a hit from the midfielder! He just leathers it into the roof of the net, leaving Given with no chance at all! 2-1 Sunderland lead!
    • 74' Newcastle use the break in play to make that change... Gutierrez on for Geremi.
    • 73' What a run by Diouf! He plays a one-two with Jones right on the edge of the box... he's tripped by Butt! Penalty! No! The referee awards a free kick instead! And replays show it to be a good decision! Butt into the book.
    • 70' All the fuss has been about Barton, but another Newcastle man making a return to action today is Jonas Gutierrez... he looks like he's coming on soon.
    • 68' Poor touch from Jones on the edge of the Newcastle box as he tries to adjust to the pace of the game.
    • 64' Oooh! Diouf pings a cross in towards Richardson, who tries to volley it goalwards! It's not a clean connection though and the ball bounces wide of the mark!
    • 61' Apparently, someone's 'tried to get at' Barton on the touchline... the police have intervened and told the midfielder to warm up further down the line! Never a dull moment when Barton's around!
    • 60' Boos are ringing out at the Stadium of Light... guess who's warmning up for Newcastle? That's right, everybody's favourite ex-con Joey Barton.
    • 59' Newcastle come at Sunderland on the break... Martins slips it to Ameobi, who cuts inside before firing over the bar!
    • 57' A huge cheer rings out as Kenwyne Jones comes on to replace Dwight Yorke... this is his first appearance since David James knackered his knee in an international friendly ages ago.
    • 55' Martins allows the ball to just slip away from him in the box... but it falls to Butt on the edge of the area! Way over the bar from the Toon skipper though...
    • 54' Cisse talks his way into the book... he's not happy about something... probably that last effort of his.
    • 53' Ouch! Chimbonda kicks Martins right in the balls from behind! That's got to hurt!
    • 52' Martins pounces on a loose ball to turn and fire a half-volley goalwards! He strikes it very cleanly but it's wide of the mark!
    • 50' Diouf flicks on for Cisse, who tees himself up for an ambitious overhead kick! But it's a little too ambitious and he doesn't really connect well...
    • 48' It's Cisse who strikes it! But the Frenchman slices his effort and the ball flies wide of Shay Given's goal.
    • 47' Taylor is penalised for handling the ball... and Sunderland have a free kick 25 yards out... Richardson over it.
    • 47' No changes to tell you about at the break...
    • 46' Here we go again! Back underway at the Stadium of Light!
    • 45'+1 There goes the half-time whistle! And it's all square after a thrilling opening period of football! 1-1 at the break!
    • 44' One minute of added time to be played...
    • 43' Duff finds his way through the Sunderland defence... he shoots on target, but it's straight at Fulop, who is able to make a comfortable save!
    • 42' The wind really is swirling around the Stadium of Light today... there bits of litter blowing around the pitch and any long ball is being held up in the air.
    • 40' Whitehead centres for Malbranque... Bassong again clashes with his compatriot... the crowd want something, but there's nothing doing and the referee signals a goal kick.
    • 37' At the other end, Geremi delivers a decent corner which swirls in the wind... Fulop backpeddles and is forced to claw it away...
    • 35' Chimbonda looks to have the beating of Bassong! But the Newcastle man recovers to make the challenge and put the ball behind for a Sunderland corner.
    • 34' Whitehead hits the deck in the Newcastle box... the whistle peeps! But it's not for a penalty! Offside...
    • 33' Newcastle back to full strength as Butt emerges from the tunnel and comes back on.
    • 31' Nicky Butt has gone off to the dressing room for a pain killing injection on his troublesome ankle... he doesn't want to come off, but Joey Barton is warming up on the touchline, just in case. Can't wait to see what kind of reception he gets, should he come on....
    • 30' GOAL! AMEOBI LEVELS THINGS UP! The Newcastle striker meets a free kick at the far post with a firm header past Fulop to make it 1-1!
    • 29' Oooh! Two chances in the space of seconds for Martins! First, he spins and shoots... blocked! The rebound falls to him, but again his effort is blocked!
    • 28' Martins accelerates down the Toon right... he delivers a decent looking ball into the mixer, looking for Ameobi, but Collins is there to clear!
    • 27' Nicky Butt is struggling with an injury... he's signalled to the bench and could be departing very soon...
    • 25' Richardson lets fly from distance! We all know what he's capable of, but this time he's well off target!
    • 24' Whitehead is there at the near post to get a telling touch on Geremi's corner... the ball flies over everyone's heads to safety.
    • 23' Tricky footwork from Duff eventually sees Geremi win a corner, which the Cameroonian will take himself.
    • 21' Oooh! Ameobi almost hits back for Newcastle straight away! He turns his man from a long punt downfield... the ball sits up nicely for him, but his volley is over the bar!
    • 20' GOAL! IT'S THAT MAN CISSE WHO PUTS SUNDERLAND INTO THE LEAD! Malbranque is allowed to run inside as it opens up a little for him the right hand side... he fires a cross shot into the danger area where Cisse's on hand to poke home at the far post to give the hosts the lead! And the Stadium of Light has erupted!
    • 18' Cisse - sporting blond sideburns and a mohawk today, fashion fans - lets off a snap shot from the edge of the area! Wide this time, but Taylor and Coloccini will have to be on their toes to keep him at bay today - the Frenchman loves the big occasion!
    • 16' Sunderland are bossing the game so far, at least in terms of possession. But they are yet to fashion a decent chance.
    • 15' Malbranque looks to pick out Whitehead, who makes a great late run into the Newcastle box! But he can't get anything on it and the ball runs all the way through without troubling Given.
    • 13' Here goes Bardsley down the left hand side... but his cross from the by-line is easily dealt with by Given.
    • 10' Oooh! Taylor misjudges a clearance in his own box! But Cisse is wrongfooted and the chance goes begging!
    • 8' Free kick to Newcastle now, about 30 yards out... Geremi steps up... and blazes it well into the Sunderland fans behind Marton Fulop's goal. That was a bit rubbish.
    • 6' First chance now for Newcastle to get forward... Yorke slips to allow Guthrie a crossing opportunity... it's deflected but eventually cleared to safety by the Sunderland defence.
    • 5' Danny Guthrie becomes the first player of the day to go into the book - for leaving a foot in on Whitehead.
    • 3' Sunderland on the front foot straight away... the crowd really are roaring them on today.
    • 2' Cracking atmosphere at the Stadium of Light today... as you would expect for the Wear-Tyne derby.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway on Wearside!
    • - So, no Michael Chopra for Sunderland and as expected no Michael Owen for Newcastle, but Jonas Gutierrez makes a place on the bench. As does Joey Barton, after his lengthy suspension...
    • - And today's referee is Mike Riley (Yorkshire).
    • - Newcastle: Given, Beye, Taylor, Coloccini, Bassong, Geremi, Guthrie, Butt, Duff, Ameobi, Martins. Subs: Harper, Jose Enrique, Cacapa, Barton, N'Zogbia, Gutierrez, Xisco
    • - Sunderland line up like this: Fulop, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney, Malbranque, Whitehead, Yorke, Richardson, Cisse, Diouf. Subs: Colgan, Bardsley, Tainio, Chopra, Jones, Leadbitter, Reid
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's big game in the north-east! It's Sunderland v Newcastle! Should be a good one.

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Newcastle United
    56% Possession 43%
    14 Shots 12
    3 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 1
    2 Corners 4
    12 Fouls 11
    1 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 29
    304 Accurate passes 202
    62 Bad passes 56

  • 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 5 1 0
      26 Anton Ferdinand 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 1 5
      3 George McCartney 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 18 0
      21 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 34 1 2
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 14 1
      6 Dean Whitehead 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 41 5 3
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 4 0
      8 Steed Malbranque 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 42 6 9
      10 Kieran Richardson 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 24 6 2
      9 Djibril Cisse 1 8 2 1 1 1 0 9 2 2
      11 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 31 4 3
      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
      4 Teemu Tainio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Andy Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Phillip Bardsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 1 0
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 10 2
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 3
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 4 6
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 30 4 6
      22 Nicky Butt 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 22 12 8
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 13 2 4
      11 Damien Duff 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 21 2 0
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 11 1 0
      23 Shola Ameobi 1 3 1 7 3 0 0 12 4 0
      7 Joey Barton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      19 Francisco Jiménez Tejada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 7 0
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - What a game! Thanks for joining us today! Plenty more to come, so stay with us!
    • 84' Oooh! Off the post by Cisse! He fires goalwards from the edge of the box!
    • 82' Oooh! Cisse fires inches over the bar from a tight angle! Ambitious again, but why not?
    • 77' Jones! Ooooh! The substitute gets ahead of Taylor to nod just over the bar!
    • 75' GOAL! RICHARDSON FIRES SUNDERLAND INTO THE LEAD FOR A SECOND TIME! What a hit from the midfielder! He just leathers it into the roof of the net, leaving Given with no chance at all! 2-1 Sunderland lead!
    • 64' Oooh! Diouf pings a cross in towards Richardson, who tries to volley it goalwards! It's not a clean connection though and the ball bounces wide of the mark!
    • 43' Duff finds his way through the Sunderland defence... he shoots on target, but it's straight at Fulop, who is able to make a comfortable save!
    • 30' GOAL! AMEOBI LEVELS THINGS UP! The Newcastle striker meets a free kick at the far post with a firm header past Fulop to make it 1-1!
    • 29' Oooh! Two chances in the space of seconds for Martins! First, he spins and shoots... blocked! The rebound falls to him, but again his effort is blocked!
    • 21' Oooh! Ameobi almost hits back for Newcastle straight away! He turns his man from a long punt downfield... the ball sits up nicely for him, but his volley is over the bar!
    • 20' GOAL! IT'S THAT MAN CISSE WHO PUTS SUNDERLAND INTO THE LEAD! Malbranque is allowed to run inside as it opens up a little for him the right hand side... he fires a cross shot into the danger area where Cisse's on hand to poke home at the far post to give the hosts the lead! And the Stadium of Light has erupted!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    Starting line-up

    • M. Fulop
    • P. Chimbonda
    • D. Collins
    • A. Ferdinand
    • G. McCartney
    • S. Malbranque Substitution Out (87′)
    • D. Yorke Substitution Out (57′)
    • D. Whitehead
    • K. Richardson Goal
    • D. Cissé Goal Yellow Card
    • E. Diouf Substitution Out (90′)

    Subs

    • T. Tainio Substitution In87′
    • A. Reid Substitution In90′
    • N. Colgan
    • M. Chopra
    • P. Bardsley
    • G. Leadbitter
    • K. Jones Substitution In57′

    Injured

    • D. Ward
    • R. Anderson
    • M. Waghorn

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Joe Kinnear

    Captain: Nicky Butt

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • H. Beye
    • F. Coloccini
    • S. Taylor
    • S. Bassong Substitution Out (85′)
    • N. Geremi Substitution Out (74′)
    • N. Butt Yellow Card Substitution Out (85′)
    • D. Guthrie Yellow Card
    • D. Duff
    • O. Martins
    • S. Ameobi Goal

    Subs

    • S. Harper
    • C. Caçapa
    • J. Barton Substitution In85′
    • C. N'Zogbia
    • .. Xisco
    • J. Gutierrez Substitution In74′
    • J. Enrique Substitution In85′

    Injured

    • M. Owen
    • A. Smith
    • M. Viduka
    • A. Carroll
    • I. Gonzalez
    • R. Donaldson

    Suspended

    None