Premiership · Matchday 31

Sunderland v Manchester United

1–2

Saturday 11th April 2009 · Stadium of Light, Sunderland · Att: 45,408

Manchester United beat Sunderland 2–1 at Stadium of Light, Sunderland on Saturday 11th April 2009 in the Premiership. Paul Scholes (19') and Federico Macheda (75') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
11' Gary Neville
19' Paul Scholes 0–1
38' Wayne Rooney
Half Time
46' Anton Ferdinand
54' Kenwyne Jones 1–1
69' Cristiano Ronaldo for Park
74' Federico Macheda for Berbatov
75' Federico Macheda 1–2
82' Oliveira Anderson for Tevez
Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

18 Paul Scholes 19'

Substitutes

69' for Park

74' for Berbatov

75'

Oliveira Anderson

82' for Tevez

Sunderland Lineup

Starting XI

1 Craig Gordon G

2 Phil Bardsley RB

4 Teemu Tainio CM-L

7 Carlos Edwards RM

9 Djibril Cissé CF-L

15 Danny Collins LB

17 Kenwyne Jones CF-R ⚽

18 Grant Leadbitter CM-R

20 Andy Reid LM

21 Calum Davenport CD-R

26 Anton Ferdinand CD-L

Substitutes

8 Steed Malbranque

12 Tal Ben Haim

14 Daryl Murphy on

19 Dwight Yorke on

30 Paul McShane on

32 Marton Fülöp

34 Jack Colback

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Ricky Sbragia

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd Sunderland

66%

Possession

34%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 127 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 127 times: 54W 34D 39L.

1 Sep 2007 W 1–0 PL 26 Dec 2007 W 4–0 PL 6 Dec 2008 W 1–0 PL

11 Apr 2009 W 2–1 This match

3 Oct 2009 D 2–2 PL 2 May 2010 W 1–0 PL 2 Oct 2010 D 0–0 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 ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →