Middlesbrough 0-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 25 September 2005

Result

Middlesbrough 0-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 25 September 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 0-2 Sunderland: match report

Middlesbrough were beaten by Sunderland 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 25 September 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Tommy Miller opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Sunderland scored through Tommy Miller (2') and Julio Arca (60').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 10th on 8 points from 6 and Sunderland 20th on 1 point from 6. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Tommy MillerSunderland · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Franck QueudrueMiddlesbrough
  • 55'Yellow card · Massimo MaccaroneMiddlesbrough
  • 55'Yellow card · Justin HoyteSunderland
  • 60'Goal · Julio ArcaSunderland · 0-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 1, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up

Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Nyron Nosworthy, Justin Hoyte, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Stephen Elliott, Andy Gray, Kelvin Davis, Tommy Miller, Christian Bassila