Sunderland 2-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 April 2010

Result

Sunderland 2-1 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 17 April 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sunderland 2-1 Burnley: match report

Sunderland defeated Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 April 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Fraizer Campbell opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Fraizer Campbell (25') and Darren Bent (40'). Burnley scored through Steven Thompson (82').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 13th on 38 points from 34 and Burnley 18th on 27 points from 34. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Burnley 18th with 30.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burnley in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Fraizer CampbellSunderland · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · S. MalbranqueSunderland
  • 40'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · John MensahSunderland
  • 80'Yellow card · David MeylerSunderland
  • 82'Goal · Steven ThompsonBurnley · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Michael DuffBurnley
  • 90'Yellow card · Steven ThompsonBurnley

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 1, Burnley 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Michael Turner, Alan Hutton, Kieran Richardson, John Mensah, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, David Meyler, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones, Fraizer Campbell

Burnley expected line-up (4-4-2)

Brian Jensen, Tyrone Mears, Danny Fox, Clarke Carlisle, Leon Cort, Andre Bikey, K. McDonald, Steven Fletcher, Martin Paterson