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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 4, season 14)
Bradford City
v.
Sunderland
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
3
JÚLIO CÉSAR Soares1Cristian ÁLVAREZ
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Carles PUYOL727Olof MELLBERG
Eric ABIDAL73Liam RIDGEWELL
Wesley SNEIJDER47Barry FERGUSON
Kolo TOURÉ56Anton FERDINAND
Nemanja VIDIC766Nedum ONUOHA
Juan MATA77David BENTLEY
SANTI88Danny PUGH
Gonzalo HIGUAÍN79Aleksandr KERZHAKOV
RONALDINHO106Nigel REO-COKER
Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC116Dean BOWDITCH
Brian AllinsonManager
Gennaro GATTUSO12Antonio GUAYRE
Edwin VAN DER SAR137Asier DEL HORNO
András SIMON14Andranik TEYMOURIAN
Yaya TOURÉ15Nicky HUNT
Jan VERTONGHEN16Jay McEVELEY

Bradford City 3 Sunderland 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 24,946, Stadium: Bradford & Bingley, Referee: Andy D'URSO 7½)
6 Ibrahimovic, 26 Mata, 41 IbrahimovicScorers
Substitutions72 Ridgewell <=> Del Horno
Sendings off
Bookings34 Reo-Coker, 63 Bentley, 83 Kerzhakov
3Corners5
4Fouls12
3Offsides2
6Shots on2
10Shots off5
16Total shots7
2Shots saved2
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: Wesley SNEIJDER
min=0, hf=1
1HIGUAÍN's shot was well held by ÁLVAREZ.
min=2, hf=1
3A lovely effort from BENTLEY scraped the woodwork.
min=5, hf=1
6GOAL!! A TOURÉ run down the right resulted in a low cross for IBRAHIMOVIC to crack in. (1-0 Bradford City)
min=6, hf=1
7KERZHAKOV ran onto a delightful ball from BENTLEY but toe-poked his effort wide of the righthand post.
min=11, hf=1
12HIGUAÍN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Sunderland crossbar.
min=13, hf=1
14A mix up in the Bradford City defence enabled PUGH to hammer an effort over.
min=18, hf=1
19A shot from IBRAHIMOVIC held little difficulty for ÁLVAREZ.
min=20, hf=1
21A cross from REO-COKER left PUGH in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
min=25, hf=1
26GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled MATA to dribble through the Sunderland defence and score. (2-0 Bradford City)
min=33, hf=1
34REO-COKER given a yellow card by the referee for a bad foul.
min=40, hf=1
41GOAL!! A short corner was played out to IBRAHIMOVIC who blasted the ball into the top corner. (3-0 Bradford City)
min=41, hf=1
42IBRAHIMOVIC shot wide.
min=42, hf=1
43JÚLIO CÉSAR was able to block a poor shot from BENTLEY.
 
min=4, hf=2
50A brilliant strike from PUGH was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper.
min=7, hf=2
53A tame strike from TOURÉ trickled agonisingly wide.
min=12, hf=2
58The hapless ÁLVAREZ could only watch as a backpass from PUGH dropped just over.
min=13, hf=2
59A fine ball from MELLBERG on the right was collected by KERZHAKOV who scuffed his shot wide.
min=17, hf=2
63BENTLEY booked for a clinical challenge on IBRAHIMOVIC.
min=18, hf=2
64SNEIJDER made space on the right and dragged the ball to MATA who rasped the ball wide.
min=22, hf=2
68MATA beat MELLBERG and blasted the ball to RONALDINHO who fumbled his shot wide.
min=35, hf=2
81A corner was collected by IBRAHIMOVIC who headed an effort wide.
min=37, hf=2
83IBRAHIMOVIC beat two Sunderland players and drove a shot wide.
min=37, hf=2
83D'URSO yellow cards KERZHAKOV for dangerous play against HIGUAÍN.
min=39, hf=2
85MATA drilled a looping shot wide from close range.
min=42, hf=2
88A accurate pass found MATA and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
min=46, hf=2
90+2HIGUAÍN chipped the ball to MATA who touched it inches wide.