Burnley 3-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 September 2009

Result

Burnley 3-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 19 September 2009, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Burnley · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Burnley 3-1 Sunderland: match report

Burnley won against Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 September 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Graham Alexander opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Burnley's goals came from Graham Alexander (13', penalty), David Nugent (67') and David Nugent (86'). Sunderland scored through Darren Bent (39').

Discipline: Burnley received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 12th on 6 points from 5 and Sunderland 7th on 9 points from 5. Burnley went on to finish that season 18th with 30 points, and Sunderland 13th with 44.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Penalty goal · Graham AlexanderBurnley · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Michael TurnerSunderland
  • 67'Goal · David NugentBurnley · 2-1
  • 86'Goal · David NugentBurnley · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 90'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Burnley 0, draws 1, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, George McCartney, Michael Turner, Anton Ferdinand, Kieran Richardson, Lorik Cana, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Darren Bent, Fraizer Campbell