Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2010

Result

Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

Chelsea · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland: match report

Chelsea won against Sunderland 7-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 January 2010. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Nicolas Anelka (8'), Florent Malouda (17'), Ashley Cole (22'), Frank Lampard (34'), Michael Ballack (52'), Nicolas Anelka (65') and Darren Bent (90'). Sunderland scored through Boudewijn Zenden (56').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 45 points from 20 and Sunderland 11th on 23 points from 20. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Sunderland 13th with 44.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 2-0
  • 22'Goal · Ashley ColeChelsea · 3-0
  • 34'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 4-0
  • 52'Goal · Michael BallackChelsea · 5-0
  • 56'Goal · Boudewijn ZendenSunderland · 5-1
  • 65'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 6-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 90'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 7-2
  • 90'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 7-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 10, draws 0, Sunderland 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-1-2-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, George McCartney, Lorik Cana, Paulo da Silva, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, David Meyler, Darren Bent, Daryl Murphy, Kenwyne Jones