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Championship 2004/2005 - Round 42

Stadium of Light - Sunderland - England

April 09, 2005

34 237

Sunderland

1 - 2

Reading

Julio Arca

52'

76'

Dave Kitson

82'

Dave Kitson (penalty)

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45' - Substitution Thomas Myhreis substituted by Michael Ingham45

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52' - Goal Julio Arca52

56' - Substitution Ívar Ingimarssonis substituted by Martin Keown

66' - Substitution Ricky Newmanis substituted by Les Ferdinand

70' - Substitution Liam Lawrenceis substituted by Jeff Whitley70

76' - Goal Dave Kitson

77' - Substitution Chris Brownis substituted by Brian Deane77

82' - Goal Dave Kitson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

1 - 2

Reading

Sunderland Reading

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Myhre45

Thomas Myhre

Norway

B.date16/10/1973

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Caldwell

Steven Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/09/1980

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Wright

Stephen Wright

England

B.date08/02/1980

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Robinson

Carl Robinson

Wales

B.date13/10/1976

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Arca52

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Whitehead

Dean Whitehead

England

B.date12/01/1982

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Lawrence70

Liam Lawrence

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/12/1981

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Brown77

Chris Brown

England

B.date11/12/1984

Age20 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Stewart

Marcus Stewart

England

B.date07/11/1972

Age32 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Myhre	45	31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Caldwell		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		31	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		23	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Wright		25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Robinson		28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julio Arca	52	24	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Whitehead		23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Lawrence	70	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Brown	77	20	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Stewart		32	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Newman66

Ricky Newman

England

B.date05/08/1970

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Ingimarsson56

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age24 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age22 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Brooker

Paul Brooker

England

B.date25/11/1976

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Forster

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age31 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Kitson7682

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		32	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricky Newman	66	34	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson	56	27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		30	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		24	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		24	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		22	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Brooker		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster		31	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	7682	25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Ingham	45	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jeff Whitley	70	26	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Deane	77	37	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Martin Keown	56	38	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Les Ferdinand	66	38	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Brooker

Glen Little

OUT

James Harper

Andy Hughes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

111

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

McCarthy vs Reading

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 09, 2005

McCarthy vs Coppell

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 09, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Coppell vs Sunderland

6 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 09, 2005

Coppell vs McCarthy

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 09, 2005

Referee

Lee Mason

14 victories	8 draws	13 losses	Sunderland35 matches	General total	Reading17 matches	7 victories	3 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Sunderland2 matches	Season total	Reading1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 31, 2017					Latest figure on December 14, 2019

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 21/03/2005).

End of streak for Sunderland after 8 consecutive matches without a loss at home (since 04/01/2005). It was the best streak for the club since 01/05/2004-21/11/2004 (14 matches).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Coppell has done less than 1.13 goals scored per game .

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSunderland 1-0 Sheffield United22/01/2005

VSunderland 4-2 Watford12/02/2005

VSunderland 4-1 Rotherham United22/02/2005

VSunderland 2-1 Cardiff City26/02/2005

VSunderland 5-1 Plymouth15/03/2005

VSunderland 1-0 Coventry19/03/2005

Overall

VBurnley 0-2 Sunderland04/03/2005

VCrewe Alexandra 0-1 Sunderland12/03/2005

VSunderland 5-1 Plymouth15/03/2005

VSunderland 1-0 Coventry19/03/2005

VQueens Park Rangers 1-3 Sunderland02/04/2005

VWigan 0-1 Sunderland05/04/2005

Current form

Away

VSwansea 0-1 Reading17/01/2005

LLeeds United 3-1 Reading12/02/2005

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Reading22/02/2005

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Reading05/03/2005

LRotherham United 1-0 Reading15/03/2005

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Reading21/03/2005

Overall

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Reading05/03/2005

VReading 3-1 West Ham12/03/2005

LRotherham United 1-0 Reading15/03/2005

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Reading21/03/2005

DReading 0-0 Sheffield United02/04/2005

VReading 2-1 Millwall05/04/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	8
Unbeaten streak	8	8
Drawless streak	7	10
Scoring streak	10	11
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
26	Victories (Competition total)	17
14	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	13
4	Draws (Home / Away)	6
9	Losses (Competition total)	11
2	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

68	Goals scored (Competition total)	46
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.66	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.12
2.05	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.15

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	18
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

63	Yellow cards (Competition total)	34
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Marcus Stewart	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Dave Kitson
Marcus Stewart	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Dave Kitson
Marcus Stewart	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Dave Kitson
Marcus Stewart	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Marcus Stewart	8 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Dave Kitson

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

3 d

1 l

10 gf

6 ga

Away

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

9 gf

10 ga

Total

14 matches

5 v

4 d

5 l

19 gf

16 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

10 gf

9 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

3 d

2 l

6 gf

10 ga

Total

14 matches

5 v

4 d

5 l

16 gf

19 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	February 17, 1998
Home	4 - 1	February 17, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 04, 1997
Away	1 - 0	December 03, 1994

Latest head to head

August 31, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Reading

1 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

March 20, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Reading

0 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

September 27, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Sunderland

2 - 0

Reading

February 17, 1998 - First Division 1997/1998

Sunderland

4 - 1

Reading

October 04, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Reading

4 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Reading

Julio Arca	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Tommy Smith	1 goal	2004 - 2004
John Oster	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Darren Byfield	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/09/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Nicky Forster

1 goal

2004 - 2004

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Players with most games played vs Reading

Mart Poom	3 matches	2003 - 2004
George McCartney	3 matches	2003 - 2004
Sean Thornton	3 matches	2003 - 2004
John Oster	3 matches	2003 - 2004
Gary Breen	3 matches	2003 - 2004
Kevin Kyle	3 matches	2003 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/09/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Andy Hughes	3 matches	2003 - 2004
James Harper	3 matches	2003 - 2004
Graeme Murty	3 matches	2003 - 2004
Steve Sidwell	3 matches	2003 - 2004
Nicky Shorey	2 matches	2003 - 2004
Dave Kitson	2 matches	2004 - 2004