Sunderland 2-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2010
Result
Sunderland 2-2 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 2-2 Birmingham City: match report
Sunderland drew with Birmingham City 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 August 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.
Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Darren Bent (24', penalty) and an own goal by Stephen Carr (56'). Birmingham City scored through S. Dann (77') and Liam Ridgewell (88').
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards.
Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 39.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 5 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 24'Penalty goal · Darren Bent
- 24'Yellow card · Stephen Carr
- 28'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 30'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 44'Second yellow · L. Cattermole
- 56'Own goal · Stephen Carr
- 66'Yellow card · Darren Bent
- 71'Yellow card · R. Johnson
- 77'Goal · S. Dann
- 88'Goal · Liam Ridgewell
- 90'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Simon Mignolet, Kieran Richardson, John Mensah, Nedum Onuoha, Titus Bramble, Lee Cattermole, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Darren Bent, Fraizer Campbell
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Keith Fahey, Cameron Jerome, Garry O'Connor, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson