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Sunderland 2-2 Northampton Town - September 23, 2008 / League Cup 2008/2009

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League Cup 2008/2009 - Round of 32

Stadium of Light - Sunderland - England

September 23, 2008

21 082

Sunderland

2 - 2

4-3 After shoot-out

Northampton Town

Assist by Andy Reid (right foot) Anthony Stokes

86'

Assist by Andy Reid (header) Anthony Stokes

90'

Daryl Murphy

Michael Chopra

Andy Reid

Kieran Richardson

20'

Colin Larkin (right foot) Assist by Leon Constantine

81'

Luke Guttridge (right foot) Assist by Colin Larkin

Liam Davis

Abdul Osman

Adebayo Akinfenwa

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20' - Goal Colin Larkin

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46' - Substitution Carlos Edwardsis substituted by Kieran Richardson photo Michael Chopra

46' - Substitution David Healyis substituted by Michael Chopra46

67' - Substitution Giles Cokeis substituted by Ryan Gilligan

78' - Substitution Grant Leadbitteris substituted by Anthony Stokes78

81' - Goal Luke Guttridge

86' - Goal Anthony Stokes86

90' - Goal Anthony Stokes90

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98' - Substitution Colin Larkinis substituted by Adebayo Akinfenwa

99' - Substitution Andy Holtis substituted by Danny Jackman

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

2 - 2

Northampton Town

Sunderland Northampton Town

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Fülöp

Márton Fülöp

Hungary

B.date03/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Collins

Danny Collins

Wales

B.date06/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Nosworthy

Nyron Nosworthy

Jamaica

B.date11/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Ferdinand

Anton Ferdinand

England

B.date18/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Edwards46

Carlos Edwards

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date24/10/1978

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Bardsley

Phil Bardsley

Scotland

B.date28/06/1985

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Leadbitter78

Grant Leadbitter

England

B.date07/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Whitehead

Dean Whitehead

England

B.date12/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Reid

Andy Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/07/1982

Age26 years

H1m71

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Healy46

David Healy

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Murphy

Daryl Murphy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Márton Fülöp		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Collins		28	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nyron Nosworthy		27	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anton Ferdinand		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Edwards	46	29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Bardsley		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Grant Leadbitter	78	22	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Whitehead		26	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Reid		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Healy	46	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Daryl Murphy		25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Northampton Town

Fielding

Frank Fielding

England

B.date04/04/1988

Age20 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Hughes

Mark Hughes

England

B.date09/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Holt99

Andy Holt

England

B.date21/04/1978

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Little

Mark Little

England

B.date20/08/1988

Age20 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Crowe

Jason Crowe

England

B.date30/09/1978

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Coke67

Giles Coke

England

B.date03/06/1986

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Guttridge81

Luke Guttridge

England

B.date27/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Liam Davis

England

B.date23/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m86

positionLeft Midfielder

Osman

Abdul Osman

Ghana

B.date27/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Larkin2098

Colin Larkin

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Forward

Constantine

Leon Constantine

England

B.date24/02/1978

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Frank Fielding		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Hughes		21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Holt	99	30	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Little		20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Crowe		29	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giles Coke	67	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luke Guttridge	81	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Davis		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Abdul Osman		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Larkin	2098	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leon Constantine		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Kieran Richardson	46	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Anthony Stokes	908678	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Chopra	46	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Danny Jackman	99	24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Gilligan	67	21	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Adebayo Akinfenwa	98	26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Healy

Djibril Cissé

OUT

Daryl Murphy

El-Hadji Diouf

OUT

Andy Reid

Steed Malbranque

OUT

Carlos Edwards

Pascal Chimbonda

OUT

Phil Bardsley

George McCartney

OUT

Márton Fülöp

Craig Gordon

OUT

Danny Collins

Teemu Tainio

OUT

Grant Leadbitter

Kieran Richardson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Leon Constantine

Karl Hawley

OUT

Frank Fielding

Chris Dunn

OUT

Andy Holt

Danny Jackman

OUT

Giles Coke

Adebayo Akinfenwa

OUT

Liam Davis

Liam Dolman

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Keane

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Keane vs Northampton Town

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 2008

Keane vs Gray

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Stuart Gray

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Gray vs Sunderland

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2008

Gray vs Keane

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 2008

Referee

Anthony Bates

4 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Sunderland5 matches	General total	Northampton Town7 matches	1 victory	4 draws	2 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Sunderland1 match	Season total	Northampton Town1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 23, 2008					Latest figure on December 17, 2011

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Stuart Gray has reached 29% of draws .

Sunderland keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs Northampton Town running (since 12/12/1987). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 30/10/1965 (2 matches)

It's the first time Luke Guttridge scores 1 goal in League Cup with

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSunderland 1-2 Manchester City12/04/2008

VSunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough26/04/2008

LSunderland 0-1 Arsenal11/05/2008

LSunderland 0-1 Liverpool16/08/2008

LSunderland 0-3 Manchester City31/08/2008

VSunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough20/09/2008

Overall

LSunderland 0-1 Liverpool16/08/2008

VTottenham 1-2 Sunderland23/08/2008

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Sunderland27/08/2008

LSunderland 0-3 Manchester City31/08/2008

DWigan 1-1 Sunderland13/09/2008

VSunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough20/09/2008

Current form

Away

VMillwall 0-1 Northampton Town12/08/2008

LMilton Keynes 1-0 Northampton Town16/08/2008

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Northampton Town26/08/2008

LTranmere Rovers 4-1 Northampton Town30/08/2008

DStockport 1-1 Northampton Town16/09/2008

LHuddersfield Town 3-2 Northampton Town20/09/2008

Overall

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Northampton Town26/08/2008

LTranmere Rovers 4-1 Northampton Town30/08/2008

LNorthampton Town 0-1 Brighton & Hove02/09/2008

DNorthampton Town 1-1 Peterborough United13/09/2008

DStockport 1-1 Northampton Town16/09/2008

LHuddersfield Town 3-2 Northampton Town20/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	15	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	5	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

171	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	0
13	FBDB index ranking (National)	0

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Healy	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Adebayo Akinfenwa
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Adebayo Akinfenwa
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Adebayo Akinfenwa
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Adebayo Akinfenwa
El-Hadji Diouf	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Abdul Osman
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Abdul Osman
David Healy	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Adebayo Akinfenwa

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

8 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

7 ga

Total

7 matches

4 v

0 d

3 l

12 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

3 gf

8 ga

Total

7 matches

3 v

0 d

4 l

10 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 30, 1965
Home	3 - 0	October 30, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 21, 1963
Away	2 - 0	August 31, 1963

Latest head to head

May 02, 1988 - Division 3 1987/1988

Sunderland

3 - 1

Northampton Town logo Northampton Town

December 12, 1987 - Division 3 1987/1988

Northampton Town

0 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

April 25, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

Northampton Town

2 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

October 30, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Sunderland

3 - 0

Northampton Town logo Northampton Town

January 04, 1964 - FA Cup 1963/1964

Sunderland

2 - 0

Northampton Town logo Northampton Town

Best historical scorers against Northampton Town

Neil Martin	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Allan Gauden	1 goal	1965 - 1965
George Mulhall	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/10/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

	Mike Everitt	1 goal	1966 - 1966
	George Hudson	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/10/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northampton Town

Jim Baxter	2 matches	1965 - 1966
Neil Martin	2 matches	1965 - 1966
Jim McNab	2 matches	1965 - 1966
John Parke	2 matches	1965 - 1966
George Herd	2 matches	1965 - 1966
George Mulhall	2 matches	1965 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/10/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Harry Walden	2 matches	1965 - 1966
Bryan Harvey	2 matches	1965 - 1966
Joe Kiernan	2 matches	1965 - 1966
Barry Lines	2 matches	1965 - 1966
Tommy Robson	1 match	1965 - 1965
Robert Hunt	1 match	1965 - 1965