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Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa - December 15, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 17

Stadium of Light - Sunderland - England

December 15, 2007

43 248

Sunderland

1 - 1

Aston Villa

(header) Danny Higginbotham

10'

72'

Shaun Maloney (free kick)

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10' - Goal Danny Higginbotham10

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61' - Substitution Dickson Etuhuis substituted by Grant Leadbitter61

67' - Substitution Craig Gardneris substituted by Shaun Maloney

70' - Substitution Anthony Stokesis substituted by Michael Chopra70

72' - Goal Shaun Maloney

83' - Substitution Ross Wallaceis substituted by Andy Cole83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

1 - 1

Aston Villa

Sunderland Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Ward

Darren Ward

Wales

B.date11/05/1974

Age33 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

McShane

Paul McShane

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/01/1986

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Collins

Danny Collins

Wales

B.date06/08/1980

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Higginbotham10

Danny Higginbotham

Gibraltar

B.date29/12/1978

Age28 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Etuhu61

Dickson Etuhu

Nigeria

B.date08/06/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionMidfield

Whitehead

Dean Whitehead

England

B.date12/01/1982

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Wallace83

Ross Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1985

Age22 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stokes70

Anthony Stokes

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/07/1988

Age19 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Yorke

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age36 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Murphy

Daryl Murphy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/03/1983

Age24 years

H1m89

positionSecond striker

Jones

Kenwyne Jones

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date05/10/1984

Age23 years

H1m87

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Darren Ward		33	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McShane		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Collins		27	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Higginbotham	10	28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dickson Etuhu	61	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Whitehead		25	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ross Wallace	83	22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Anthony Stokes	70	19	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke		36	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Daryl Murphy		24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenwyne Jones		23	13	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

Aston Villa

22 Carson

Scott Carson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

4 Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age30 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

5 Laursen

Martin Laursen

Denmark

B.date26/07/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

3 Bouma

Wilfried Bouma

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft central defender

16 Knight

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

Gardner67

Craig Gardner

England

B.date25/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

6 Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

20 Reo-Coker

Nigel Reo-Coker

England

B.date14/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

7 Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Carew

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

11 Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Scott Carson		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg		30	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Martin Laursen		30	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Wilfried Bouma		29	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Zat Knight		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Craig Gardner	67	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry		26	372	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nigel Reo-Coker		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ashley Young		22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	John Carew		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gabriel Agbonlahor		21	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Grant Leadbitter	61	21	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Chopra	70	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole	83	36	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
28	F		Shaun Maloney	7267	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anthony Stokes

Liam Miller

OUT

Dwight Yorke

Grant Leadbitter

OUT

Daryl Murphy

Greg Halford

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Keane

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Keane vs Aston Villa

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2007

Keane vs O'Neill

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

O'Neill vs Sunderland

2 victories

6 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2007

O'Neill vs Keane

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2007

Referee

Steve Bennett

6 victories	4 draws	11 losses	Sunderland21 matches	General total	Aston Villa31 matches	12 victories	7 draws	12 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Sunderland2 matches	Season total	Aston Villa4 matches	2 victories	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on May 02, 2010					Latest figure on May 09, 2010

Videos

July 07, 2023

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Shaun Maloney scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Danny Higginbotham played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

Ashley Young played his game number 50 in Premier League

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

	15	Birmingham City	15 pts	17 rd
-2	16	Bolton Wanderers	14 pts	17 rd
+1	17	Sunderland	14 pts	17 rd
-1	18	Fulham	13 pts	17 rd
	19	Wigan	12 pts	17 rd

General ranking

+1	6	Everton	30 pts	17 rd
-2	7	Portsmouth	30 pts	17 rd
	8	Aston Villa	28 pts	17 rd
	9	Blackburn	26 pts	17 rd
+1	10	Newcastle United	25 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSunderland 0-2 Liverpool25/08/2007

VSunderland 2-1 Reading15/09/2007

LSunderland 1-2 Blackburn29/09/2007

DSunderland 1-1 Fulham27/10/2007

DSunderland 1-1 Newcastle United10/11/2007

VSunderland 1-0 Derby County01/12/2007

Overall

DSunderland 1-1 Fulham27/10/2007

LManchester City 1-0 Sunderland05/11/2007

DSunderland 1-1 Newcastle United10/11/2007

LEverton 7-1 Sunderland24/11/2007

VSunderland 1-0 Derby County01/12/2007

LChelsea 2-0 Sunderland08/12/2007

Current form

Away

LManchester City 1-0 Aston Villa16/09/2007

DTottenham 4-4 Aston Villa01/10/2007

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa28/10/2007

VBirmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa11/11/2007

VMiddlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa24/11/2007

VBlackburn 0-4 Aston Villa28/11/2007

Overall

VAston Villa 2-0 Derby County03/11/2007

VBirmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa11/11/2007

VMiddlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa24/11/2007

VBlackburn 0-4 Aston Villa28/11/2007

LAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal01/12/2007

LAston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth08/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	5	10
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

18	General ranking (Competition total)	8
13	General ranking (Home / Away)	6
771	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	56
19	FBDB index ranking (National)	9

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
3	Victories (Competition total)	8
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
0.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.69
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.94	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

21	Yellow cards (Competition total)	30
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kenwyne Jones	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Gabriel Agbonlahor
Kenwyne Jones	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Gabriel Agbonlahor
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Gareth Barry
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Gareth Barry
Anthony Stokes	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Gareth Barry

Historical head to head

Home

79 matches

37 v

24 d

18 l

146 gf

105 ga

Away

81 matches

14 v

15 d

52 l

98 gf

164 ga

Total

160 matches

51 v

39 d

70 l

244 gf

269 ga

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

52 v

15 d

14 l

164 gf

98 ga

Away

79 matches

18 v

24 d

37 l

105 gf

146 ga

Total

160 matches

70 v

39 d

51 l

269 gf

244 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 14, 1893
Home	6 - 0	January 14, 1893

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	January 27, 1934
Away	4 - 0	May 04, 1985

Latest head to head

May 07, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

November 19, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Sunderland

1 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

May 03, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

September 28, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Sunderland

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 01, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Sunderland

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Nick Sharkey	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Neil Martin	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Kevin Phillips	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Danny Collins	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Johnny Crossan	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Niall Quinn	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Gareth Barry	3 goals	2000 - 2006
Mark Walters	3 goals	1983 - 1985
Tony Hateley	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Allan Evans	3 goals	1980 - 1981
David Platt	2 goals	1990 - 1991
John Deehan	2 goals	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Gordon Chisholm	9 matches	1980 - 1984
Michael Gray	9 matches	1996 - 2003
Chris Turner	8 matches	1980 - 1985
Nick Pickering	7 matches	1981 - 1985
Niall Quinn	7 matches	1999 - 2002
Barry Venison	7 matches	1982 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Lee Hendrie	12 matches	1996 - 2006
Gordon Cowans	11 matches	1977 - 1991
Peter Withe	10 matches	1980 - 1985
Dion Dublin	8 matches	1999 - 2003
Dennis Mortimer	8 matches	1976 - 1983
Gareth Barry	8 matches	1999 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kevin Phillips

166 matches

27 matches

1998 - 2006

Thomas Sorensen

152 matches

158 matches

1998 - 2007

Gavin McCann

124 matches

129 matches

1999 - 2007

Dwight Yorke

43 matches

270 matches

1990 - 2007

Dariusz Kubicki

40 matches

27 matches

1991 - 1997

Darren Byfield

17 matches

8 matches

1997 - 2004

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/03/1990. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Dwight Yorke

43 matches

270 matches

1990 - 2007

Thomas Sorensen

152 matches

158 matches

1998 - 2007

Gavin McCann

124 matches

129 matches

1999 - 2007

Kevin Phillips

166 matches

27 matches

1998 - 2006

Dariusz Kubicki

40 matches

27 matches

1991 - 1997

Darren Byfield

17 matches

8 matches

1997 - 2004

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/03/1990. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 15, 2007

Birmingham City

1 1

Reading

Video availableLine-ups available

Derby County

0 1

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

0 1

Newcastle United

Video availableLine-ups available

Manchester City

4 2

Bolton Wanderers

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

0 1

Tottenham

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

0 2

Everton

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

5 3

Blackburn

Video availableLine-ups available

December 16, 2007

Arsenal

1 0

Chelsea

Video availableLine-ups available

Liverpool

0 1

Man United

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	37	16	11	4	1	33	14	+19
2	Manchester United	36	16	11	3	2	29	8	+21
3	Chelsea	34	16	10	4	2	24	9	+15
+24	Manchester City	33	17	10	3	4	24	19	+5
-15	Liverpool	30	15	8	6	1	27	9	+18
+16	Everton	30	17	9	3	5	31	16	+15
-27	Portsmouth	30	17	8	6	3	28	15	+13
8	Aston Villa	28	17	8	4	5	28	20	+8
9	Blackburn	26	17	7	5	5	23	24	-1
+110	Newcastle United	25	17	7	4	6	24	26	-2
-111	West Ham	22	16	6	4	6	20	14	+6
+112	Tottenham	18	17	4	6	7	29	29	0
-113	Reading	18	17	5	3	9	22	34	-12
+214	Middlesbrough	17	17	4	5	8	16	28	-12
15	Birmingham City	15	17	4	3	10	18	27	-9
-216	Bolton Wanderers	14	17	3	5	9	18	27	-9
+117	Sunderland	14	17	3	5	9	16	32	-16
-118	Fulham	13	17	2	7	8	18	28	-10
19	Wigan	12	17	3	3	11	17	33	-16
20	Derby County	6	17	1	3	13	6	39	-33

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Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa - December 15, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Sunderland

1 - 1

Aston Villa

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Keane vs Aston Villa

Keane vs O'Neill

Manager

O'Neill vs Sunderland

O'Neill vs Keane

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking