Birmingham City 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 October 2009

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 24 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Birmingham City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Birmingham City 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Birmingham City beat Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 October 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Liam Ridgewell opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Liam Ridgewell (38') and James McFadden (48'). Sunderland scored through an own goal by S. Dann (82').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 7 points from 9 and Sunderland 7th on 16 points from 9. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Sunderland 13th with 44.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · R. JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 38'Goal · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · James McFaddenBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Barry FergusonBirmingham City
  • 82'Own goal · S. DannSunderland · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Gary McSheffreyBirmingham City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Craig GordonSunderland

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Birmingham City 4, draws 1, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez Betancourt, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Anton Ferdinand, Kieran Richardson, Lorik Cana, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Andy Reid, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones