English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 21, 2015
Sunderland LDLDL 0
–
West Ham United LDLLL 1
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SUN000
WHU011
Boleyn Ground · 34,914 att.

Match Report

Nigel French/PA Wire

Diafra Sakho strike gives West Ham win as Dick Advocaat start with loss

West Ham striker Diafra Sakho scored a late winner to inflict defeat on new Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat in his first match in charge and finally bring some cheer back to Upton Park.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
46.1
Possession
53.9
7
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
212
Accurate Passes
274
330
Passes
365
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
18
Crosses
42
0.1
Cross %
0.1
89
Long Balls
55
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
7
18
Effective Tackles
4
22
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
46
Effective Clearances
46
46
Clearances
46

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

WHU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 8Cheikhou KouyatéCD-L
  3. 19James CollinsCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 18Carl JenkinsonRB
  6. 4Kevin NolanAM
  7. 16Mark NobleLM
  8. 30Alex SongRM
  9. 15Diafra SakhoF
  10. 7Matthew JarvisAM-L
  11. 11Stewart DowningAM-R

SUN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 5Wes BrownCD-L
  3. 16John O'SheaCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 15Anthony ReveillereRB
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonCM
  7. 8Jack RodwellLM
  8. 14Jordi GómezRM
  9. 28Jermain DefoeF
  10. 10Connor WickhamLF
  11. 9Steven FletcherRF

Timeline

  1. 12' Substitution, Sunderland. Santiago Vergini replaces Wes Brown because of an injury.
  2. 45' Substitution, West Ham United. Carlton Cole replaces Matthew Jarvis.
  3. 63' Connor Wickham (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 73' Substitution, Sunderland. Adam Johnson replaces Steven Fletcher.
  5. 80' Substitution, West Ham United. Nenê replaces Kevin Nolan.
  6. 88' Substitution, Sunderland. Danny Graham replaces Jermain Defoe.
  7. 88' Goal! West Ham United 1, Sunderland 0. Diafra Sakho (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mark Noble.
  8. 90'+2' Substitution, West Ham United. Joey O'Brien replaces Diafra Sakho.

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