Portsmouth 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 9 February 2010

Result

Portsmouth 1-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Tuesday 9 February 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 1-1 Sunderland: match report

Portsmouth drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 9 February 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Aruna Dindane (90'). Sunderland scored through Darren Bent (12', penalty).

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 15 points from 24 and Sunderland 13th on 25 points from 24. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Sunderland 13th with 44.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Red card · Ricardo RochaPortsmouth
  • 12'Penalty goal · Darren BentSunderland · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Steve FinnanPortsmouth
  • 30'Yellow card · Aruna DindanePortsmouth
  • 48'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 54'Second yellow · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 56'Yellow card · Tal Ben HaimPortsmouth
  • 87'Red card · David MeylerSunderland
  • 90'Goal · Aruna DindanePortsmouth · 1-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Portsmouth 5, draws 1, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-1-2)

Ricardo Rocha, Steve Finnan, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Papa Diop, Hassan Yebda, Angelos Basinas, Frédéric Piquionne, Aruna Dindane, David James, Jamie O'Hara

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, George McCartney, Michael Turner, Alan Hutton, Lorik Cana, Matthew Kilgallon, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Lee Cattermole, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones