Sunderland 5 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
| Match Information | |
| Stadium: | Stadium of Light, England |
| Attendance: | 37,566 |
| Match Time: | September 27, 2009, 16:00 UK |
| Official(s): | Lee Mason (Referee) |
| Scoring Summary | |
| Sunderland | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Darren Bent (pen 8) | John Mensah (og 50) |
| Kenwyne Jones (pen 48) | Kevin Doyle (55) |
| Kenwyne Jones (70) | |
| Michael Turner (73) | |
| Michael Mancienne (og 90) | |
| Match Stats | ||
| Sunderland | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 12(8) | 20(5) |
| Fouls | 21 | 13 |
| Corner Kicks | 7 | 9 |
| Offsides | 2 | 2 |
| Time of Possession | 47% | 53% |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 4 | 4 |
| Sunderland | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Craig Gordon | (G) |
| 12 | John Mensah | (CD-L) |
| 4 | Michael Turner | (CD-R) |
| 10 | Kieran Richardson | (LB) |
| 22 | Paulo Da Silva | (RB) |
| 39 | Lee Cattermole | (CM-L) |
| 19 | Lorik Cana | (CM-R) |
| 20 | Andy Reid | (LM) |
| 8 | Steed Malbranque | (RM) |
| 11 | Darren Bent | (CF-L) |
| 17 | Kenwyne Jones | (CF-R) |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Wayne Hennessey | (G) |
| 16 | Christophe Berra | (CD-L) |
| 27 | Michael Mancienne | (CD-R) |
| 3 | George Elokobi | (LB) |
| 15 | Greg Halford | (RB) |
| 35 | Segundo Castillo | (CM-L) |
| 8 | Karl Henry | (CM-R) |
| 17 | Matthew Jarvis | (LM) |
| 4 | David Edwards | (RM) |
| 29 | Kevin Doyle | (CF-L) |
| 10 | Andrew Keogh | (CF-R) |
| Sunderland Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 6 | Nyron Nosworthy | (SUB) |
| 23 | David Healy | (SUB) |
| 3 | George McCartney | (SUB) |
| 5 | Anton Ferdinand | (SUB) |
| 9 | Fraizer Campbell | (SUB) |
| 32 | Marton Fulop | (SUB) |
| 16 | Jordan Henderson | (SUB) |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 32 | Kevin Foley | (SUB) |
| 7 | Michael Kightly | (SUB) |
| 9 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | (SUB) |
| 33 | Stefan Maierhofer | (SUB) |
| 13 | Marcus Hahnemann | (SUB) |
| 6 | Jody Craddock | (SUB) |
| 20 | Nenad Milijas | (SUB) |
| Sunderland Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Jordan Henderson for Lee Cattermole (45) |
| Anton Ferdinand for Paulo Da Silva (75) |
| George McCartney for Darren Bent (90) |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Michael Kightly for Segundo Castillo (45) |
| Sylvan Ebanks-Blake for Kevin Doyle (77) |
| Stefan Maierhofer for Andrew Keogh (77) |
| Sunderland Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Michael Turner | (20) |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Kevin Doyle | (21) |
| Karl Henry | (39) |
| Greg Halford | (57) |
| Sunderland Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |