Manchester United 2-2 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 October 2009
Result
Manchester United 2-2 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 3 October 2009, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Manchester United 2-2 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (51') and an own goal by Anton Ferdinand (90'). Sunderland scored through Darren Bent (7') and K. Jones (58').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 18 points from 7 and Sunderland 8th on 12 points from 7. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Sunderland 13th with 44.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Sunderland's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Darren Bent
- 25'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 29'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 51'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 58'Goal · K. Jones
- 58'Yellow card · Darren Fletcher
- 65'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 77'Yellow card · Anton Ferdinand
- 85'Second yellow · Kieran Richardson
- 90'Own goal · Anton Ferdinand
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Gary Neville, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Anton Ferdinand, Kieran Richardson, Lorik Cana, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Lee Cattermole, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones