Sunderland 2-2 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2009

Result

Sunderland 2-2 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Sunderland 2-2 West Ham United: match report

Sunderland drew with West Ham United 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 October 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.

Guillermo Franco Farquarson opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sunderland's goals came from A. Reid (39') and Kieran Richardson (76'). West Ham United scored through Guillermo Franco Farquarson (30') and Carlton Cole (36').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; West Ham United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 8th on 16 points from 10 and West Ham United 19th on 6 points from 9. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and West Ham United 17th with 35.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 7 for West Ham United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Lorik CanaSunderland
  • 25'Yellow card · Darren BentSunderland
  • 30'Goal · Guillermo Franco FarquarsonWest Ham United · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Carlton ColeWest Ham United · 0-2
  • 38'Yellow card · R. KováčWest Ham United
  • 39'Goal · A. ReidSunderland · 1-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Michael TurnerSunderland
  • 44'Red card · K. JonesSunderland
  • 44'Yellow card · Hérita N'Kongolo IlungaWest Ham United
  • 60'Yellow card · Carlton ColeWest Ham United
  • 76'Goal · Kieran RichardsonSunderland · 2-2
  • 87'Second yellow · R. KováčWest Ham United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 1, West Ham United 7.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Michael Turner, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Lorik Cana, Paulo da Silva, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Andy Reid, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Matthew Upson, James Collins, Julien Faubert, Luis Jiménez, Carlton Cole, Junior Stanislas, Mark Noble, Scott Parker, Jack Collison