Sunderland 4-1 Hull City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009

Result

Sunderland 4-1 Hull City

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 4-1 Hull City: match report

Sunderland beat Hull City 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Darren Bent (13', penalty), A. Reid (49'), Darren Bent (66') and an own goal by Kamil Zayatte (75'). Hull City scored through Kamil Zayatte (44').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Hull City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 9th on 6 points from 4 and Hull City 14th on 4 points from 4. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Hull City 19th with 30.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hull City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 0 for Hull City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Penalty goal · Darren BentSunderland · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · P. McShaneHull City
  • 37'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 44'Goal · Kamil ZayatteHull City · 1-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Lorik CanaSunderland
  • 49'Goal · A. ReidSunderland · 2-1
  • 66'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 3-1
  • 75'Own goal · Kamil ZayatteSunderland · 4-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Oluwaseyi OlofinjanaHull City

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 0, Hull City 0.

Team news

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, Fraizer Campbell

Hull City line-up (4-5-1)

Boaz Myhill, Paul McShane, Kamil Zayatte, Ibrahima Sonko, Noel Hunt, Kevin Kilbane, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Craig Fagan, Kamel Ghilas, Stephen Dawson, Diego Gómez