Premiership · Matchday 08

Manchester United v Sunderland

2–2

Saturday 3rd October 2009 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,114

Manchester United drew 2–2 with Sunderland at Old Trafford on Saturday 3rd October 2009 in the Premiership. Dimitar Berbatov (51') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
7' Darren Bent 0–1
25' Paul Scholes
Half Time
46' Oliveira Anderson for Scholes
51' Dimitar Berbatov 1–1
58' Kenwyne Jones 1–2
58' Darren Fletcher
65' Phil Bardsley
71' Michael Carrick for Fletcher
71' Antonio Valencia for Welbeck
77' Anton Ferdinand
85' Kieran Richardson
90+3' Anton Ferdinand OG 2–2
Full Time 2–2

Match Facts

Dimitar Berbatov's 3rd goal of 2009-2010, and his 17th for United.

Starting XI

Player

3 Patrice Evra

9 Dimitar Berbatov 51'

Substitutes

46' for Scholes

71' for Fletcher

71' for Welbeck

Sunderland Lineup

Starting XI

1 Craig Gordon G

2 Phil Bardsley RB

4 Michael Turner CD-R

5 Anton Ferdinand CD-L

8 Steed Malbranque RM

10 Kieran Richardson LB

11 Darren Bent CF-R ⚽

17 Kenwyne Jones CF-L ⚽

19 Lorik Cana CM-R

20 Andy Reid LM

39 Lee Cattermole CM-L

Substitutes

3 George McCartney on

6 Nyron Nosworthy

9 Fraizer Campbell on

16 Jordan Henderson on

22 Paulo da Silva

23 David Healy

32 Marton Fülöp

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Steve Bruce

Sunderland

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 128 of 147

147

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

254

Goals For

208

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 4th March 1893. After this match United had played Sunderland 128 times: 54W 35D 39L.

26 Dec 2007 W 4–0 PL 6 Dec 2008 W 1–0 PL 11 Apr 2009 W 2–1 PL

3 Oct 2009 D 2–2 This match

2 May 2010 W 1–0 PL 2 Oct 2010 D 0–0 PL 26 Dec 2010 W 2–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	73	43	18	12	150	77	58.9
Away	73	23	20	30	99	130	31.5
Neutral	1	1	0	0	5	1	100.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →