Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 November 2010

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 27 November 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Sunderland: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Sunderland 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 November 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Kevin Foley opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Kevin Foley (50'), Noel Hunt (81') and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (89'). Sunderland scored through Darren Bent (67') and Danny Welbeck (77').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 19th on 9 points from 14 and Sunderland 7th on 20 points from 14. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Stephen WardWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 30'Yellow card · George ElokobiWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 35'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 50'Goal · Kevin FoleyWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 1-1
  • 77'Goal · Danny WelbeckSunderland · 1-2
  • 79'Yellow card · John MensahSunderland
  • 81'Goal · Noel HuntWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 89'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)

Wayne Hennessey, George Elokobi, Richard Stearman, Michael Mancienne, Ronald Zubar, Kevin Foley, Matt Jarvis, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, David Jones, Nenad Milijaš

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, John Mensah, Nedum Onuoha, Anton Ferdinand, Lee Cattermole, Boudewijn Zenden, Jordan Henderson, Darren Bent, Danny Welbeck