Sunderland 2-3 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2009

Result

Sunderland 2-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 2-3 Chelsea: match report

Sunderland lost to Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 May 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Kieran Richardson (53') and Kenwyne Jones (90'). Chelsea scored through Nicolas Anelka (47'), Salomon Kalou (74') and Ashley Cole (86').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 16th on 36 points from 37 and Chelsea 3rd on 80 points from 37. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 1 draw and 8 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 38'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 47'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Kieran RichardsonSunderland · 1-1
  • 74'Goal · Salomon KalouChelsea · 1-2
  • 86'Goal · Ashley ColeChelsea · 1-3
  • 90'Goal · Kenwyne JonesSunderland · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 1, Chelsea 8.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Calum Davenport, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Grant Leadbitter, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, John Terry, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka