Sunderland 2-3 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 April 2011

Result

Sunderland 2-3 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 9 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Sunderland 2-3 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Sunderland were beaten by West Bromwich Albion 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 April 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Sunderland's goals came from an own goal by Nicky Shorey (11') and Phil Bardsley (31'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Peter Odemwingie (29'), Youssouf Mulumbu (54') and Paul Scharner (72').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 12th on 38 points from 31 and West Bromwich Albion 13th on 36 points from 31. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and West Bromwich Albion 11th with 47.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 3 for West Bromwich Albion.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Own goal · Nicky ShoreySunderland · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 29'Goal · Peter OdemwingieWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 31'Goal · Phil BardsleySunderland · 2-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 54'Goal · Youssouf MulumbuWest Bromwich Albion · 2-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandSunderland
  • 72'Goal · Paul ScharnerWest Bromwich Albion · 2-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Gabriel TamaşWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 2, West Bromwich Albion 3.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, Michael Turner, John Mensah, Nedum Onuoha, Lee Cattermole, Steed Malbranque, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Danny Welbeck, Asamoah Gyan

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Carson, Jonas Olsson, Steven Reid, Nicky Shorey, Abdoulaye Meite, Chris Brunt, Jerome Thomas, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Paul Scharner, Peter Odemwingie, Simon Cox