Burnley 3-1 Sunderland: result and report

Burnley 3-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 19 September 2009, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Burnley won against Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 September 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Graham Alexander opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Burnley's goals came from Graham Alexander (13', penalty), David Nugent (67') and David Nugent (86'). Sunderland scored through Darren Bent (39').

Discipline: Burnley received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 12th on 6 points from 5 and Sunderland 7th on 9 points from 5. Burnley went on to finish that season 18th with 30 points, and Sunderland 13th with 44.

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