Sunderland 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2009
Result
Sunderland 1-1 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 1-1 Portsmouth: match report
Sunderland drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 December 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Sunderland's goal came from Darren Bent (23'). Portsmouth scored through Younès Kaboul (90').
Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 11th on 20 points from 15 and Portsmouth 20th on 10 points from 15. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Portsmouth 20th with 28.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-1-2-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 5 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Portsmouth's W-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Darren Bent
- 24'Yellow card · Lorik Cana
- 35'Yellow card · George McCartney
- 46'Yellow card · H. Hreiðarsson
- 69'Yellow card · Jordan Henderson
- 79'Yellow card · Younès Kaboul
- 80'Yellow card · Darren Bent
- 80'Yellow card · Tal Ben Haim
- 90'Second yellow · Younès Kaboul
- 90'Goal · Younès Kaboul
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Marton Fulop, George McCartney, Michael Turner, Nyron Nosworthy, Lorik Cana, Paulo da Silva, Jordan Henderson, Andy Reid, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones, Fraizer Campbell
Portsmouth line-up (4-1-2-3)
Younès Kaboul, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Richard Hughes, Hassan Yebda, Aruna Dindane, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Jamie O'Hara, Hermann Hreidarsson, Michael Brown