Sunderland 4-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 9 March 2010

Result

Sunderland 4-0 Bolton Wanderers

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

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Sunderland 4-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Sunderland won against Bolton Wanderers 4-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 9 March 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Fraizer Campbell opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Sunderland's goals came from Fraizer Campbell (1'), Darren Bent (64'), Darren Bent (74', penalty) and Darren Bent (88'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 16th on 27 points from 27 and Bolton Wanderers 13th on 29 points from 28. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 39.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Fraizer CampbellSunderland · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Lorik CanaSunderland
  • 33'Yellow card · Samuel RickettsBolton Wanderers
  • 59'Yellow card · Lee Chung-YongBolton Wanderers
  • 64'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Darren BentSunderland
  • 73'Second yellow · Samuel RickettsBolton Wanderers
  • 74'Penalty goal · Darren BentSunderland · 3-0
  • 88'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Michael Turner, Anton Ferdinand, Alan Hutton, John Mensah, Lorik Cana, Steed Malbranque, Lee Cattermole, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones, Fraizer Campbell

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Gretar Steinsson, Fabrice Muamba, Chung-yong Lee, J. Wilshere, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts