Blackpool 1-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 January 2011

Result

Blackpool 1-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 22 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Blackpool 1-2 Sunderland: match report

Blackpool were beaten by Sunderland 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 January 2011. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Kieran Richardson opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Blackpool's goal came from Charlie Adam (86', penalty). Sunderland scored through Kieran Richardson (15') and Kieran Richardson (36').

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 11th on 28 points from 21 and Sunderland 6th on 34 points from 23. Blackpool went on to finish that season 19th with 39 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-5-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackpool win, 0 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Sunderland's D-W-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Kieran RichardsonSunderland · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Charlie AdamBlackpool
  • 36'Goal · Kieran RichardsonSunderland · 0-2
  • 86'Penalty goal · Charlie AdamBlackpool · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · D. VaughanBlackpool

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackpool 1, draws 0, Sunderland 0.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (4-5-1)

Richard Kingson, Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Craig Cathcart, Elliot Grandin, Matt Phillips, Luke Varney, Ian Ross Evatt, David Vaughan, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Charlie Adam

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, Nedum Onuoha, Titus Bramble, Anton Ferdinand, Boudewijn Zenden, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Asamoah Gyan