Middlesbrough 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 January 2009

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 10 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Sunderland: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Afonso Alves Martins Junior opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Afonso Alves Martins Junior (45'). Sunderland scored through Kenwyne Jones (82').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 17th on 20 points from 20 and Sunderland 15th on 22 points from 20. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.

Middlesbrough 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 5 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 3 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Steed MalbranqueSunderland
  • 45'Goal · Afonso Alves Martins JuniorMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 57'Yellow card · Nyron NosworthySunderland
  • 82'Goal · Kenwyne JonesSunderland · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Kenwyne JonesSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 2, Sunderland 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)

Ross Turnbull, Chris Riggott, Emanuel Pogatetz, Tony McMahon, David Wheater, D. Digard, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Josh Walker, Afonso Alves, Sanli Tuncay

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Pascal Chimbonda, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Djibril Cissé, El-Hadji Diouf, Kenwyne Jones