Sunderland 1-1 Everton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2009

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Everton

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 1-1 Everton: match report

Sunderland drew with Everton 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Darren Bent (17'). Everton scored through Marouane Fellaini (85').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Everton received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 10th on 21 points from 18 and Everton 16th on 18 points from 17. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Everton 8th with 61.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Everton in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · John MensahSunderland
  • 41'Yellow card · Tim CahillEverton
  • 72'Yellow card · Louis SahaEverton
  • 85'Goal · Marouane FellainiEverton · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Diniyar BilyaletdinovEverton

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, George McCartney, John Mensah, Lorik Cana, Paulo da Silva, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Andy Reid, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones

Everton line-up (4-4-2)

Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert, Leighton Baines, Lucas Neill, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Steven Pienaar, Leon Osman, Marouane Fellaini, Louis Saha, Tim Cahill, Johnny Heitinga