Sunderland 2 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
| Match Information | |
| Stadium: | Stadium of Light, England |
| Attendance: | 20,685 |
| Match Time: | January 3, 2009, 15:00 UK |
| Official(s): | S Bennett (Referee) |
| Scoring Summary | |
| Sunderland | Bolton Wanderers |
| Kenwyne Jones (57) | Ebi Smolarek (79) |
| Djibril Cisse (67) | |
| Match Stats | ||
| Sunderland | Bolton Wanderers | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 13(7) | 8(6) |
| Fouls | 9 | 12 |
| Corner Kicks | 7 | 6 |
| Offsides | 3 | 1 |
| Time of Possession | 62% | 38% |
| Yellow Cards | 2 | 5 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 10 | 4 |
| Sunderland | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 32 | Marton Fulop | (G) |
| 5 | Nyron Nosworthy | (D) |
| 15 | Danny Collins | (D) |
| 21 | Pascal Chimbonda | (D) |
| 26 | Anton Ferdinand | (D) |
| 7 | Carlos Edwards | (M) |
| 6 | Dean Whitehead | (M) |
| 10 | Kieran Richardson | (M) |
| 9 | Djibril Cisse | (ST) |
| 11 | El-Hadji Diouf | (ST) |
| 17 | Kenwyne Jones | (ST) |
| Bolton Wanderers | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 22 | Jussi Jaaskelainen | (G) |
| 24 | Dan Shittu | (D) |
| 3 | Jlloyd Samuel | (D) |
| 31 | Andrew O'Brien | (D) |
| 15 | Gretar Rafn Steinsson | (D) |
| 7 | Matthew Taylor | (M) |
| 11 | Ricardo Gardner | (M) |
| 4 | Kevin Nolan | (M) |
| 6 | Fabrice Muamba | (M) |
| 14 | Kevin Davies | (ST) |
| 9 | Johan Elmander | (ST) |
| Sunderland Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 46 | Nick Colgan | (G) |
| 12 | Liam Miller | (M) |
| 20 | Andy Reid | (M) |
| 19 | Dwight Yorke | (M) |
| 4 | Teemu Tainio | (M) |
| 23 | David Healy | (ST) |
| 16 | Michael Chopra | (ST) |
| Bolton Wanderers Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Adam Bogdan | (G) |
| 28 | Jaroslaw Fojut | (D) |
| 30 | Chris Basham | (D) |
| 2 | Nicky Hunt | (M) |
| 10 | Ebi Smolarek | (M) |
| 17 | Riga Mustapha | (ST) |
| 35 | Temitope Obadeyi | (ST) |
| Sunderland Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Teemu Tainio for Kieran Richardson (78) |
| Andy Reid for Carlos Edwards (82) |
| Bolton Wanderers Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Ebi Smolarek for Kevin Davies (73) |
| Riga Mustapha for Jlloyd Samuel (86) |
| Sunderland Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Dean Whitehead | (51) |
| Teemu Tainio | (90) |
| Bolton Wanderers Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Fabrice Muamba | (32) |
| Dan Shittu | (54) |
| Gretar Rafn Steinsson | (56) |
| Kevin Nolan | (59) |
| Matthew Taylor | (90) |
| Sunderland Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
| Bolton Wanderers Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
Saturday, January 3, 2009
| Hartlepool United | 2 | |
| Stoke City | 0 | FT |
| Arsenal | 3 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1 | FT |
| Birmingham | 0 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | Postp |
| Cardiff City | 2 | |
| Reading | 0 | FT |
| Charlton Athletic | 1 | |
| Norwich City | 1 | FT |
| Chelsea | 1 | |
| Southend United | 1 | FT |
| Cheltenham Town | 0 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 0 | Postp |
| Coventry City | 2 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 0 | FT |
| Forest Green Rovers | 3 | |
| Derby County | 4 | FT |
| Histon | 0 | |
| Swansea City | 0 | Postp |
| Hull City | 0 | |
| Newcastle United | 0 | FT |
| Ipswich Town | 3 | |
| Chesterfield | 0 | FT |
| Kettering Town | 2 | |
| Eastwood Town | 1 | FT |
| Leicester City | 0 | |
| Crystal Palace | 0 | FT |
| Leyton Orient | 0 | |
| Sheffield United | 0 | Postp |
| Macclesfield Town | 0 | |
| Everton | 1 | FT |
| Manchester City | 0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 3 | FT |
| Middlesbrough | 2 | |
| Barrow | 1 | FT |
| Millwall | 2 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2 | FT |
| Portsmouth | 0 | |
| Bristol City | 0 | FT |
| Queens Park Rangers | 0 | |
| Burnley | 0 | FT |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | |
| Fulham | 2 | FT |
| Sunderland | 2 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1 | FT |
| Torquay United | 1 | |
| Blackpool | 0 | FT |
| Watford | 1 | |
| Scunthorpe United | 0 | FT |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1 | |
| Peterborough United | 1 | FT |
| West Ham United | 3 | |
| Barnsley | 0 | FT |
| Preston North End | 0 | |
| Liverpool | 2 | FT |