Sunderland 2–1 Cardiff City

SUNSunderland

2–1

Full Time

CARCardiff

Eliezer Mayenda 2′ · assist Patrick Roberts
Christopher James Mepham 77′ · assist Wilson Isidor

Isaak Davies 41′

Saturday 8 March at 15:00 · Stadium of Light · Referee Darren Bond

Match stats

58%Possession42%

19Shots6

4Shots on target2

2Big chances2

4Corners3

461

Line-ups

Sunderland4-3-34-2-3-1Cardiff

Previous meetings · last 5

3

Sunderland

0

Draws

2

Cardiff

Passes

334

84%Pass accuracy74%

13Tackles25

7Interceptions7

1Saves2

10Fouls16

2Offsides0

1Yellow cards2

How it happened

2′Eliezer Mayenda · assist Patrick Roberts · home
24′Chris Rigg on for Patrick Roberts · home
41′Isaak Davies · away
56′Leo Hjelde · home
56′Dennis Cirkin on for Leo Hjelde · home
56′Wilson Isidor on for Alan Browne · home
59′Will Alves on for Isaak Davies · away
63′Calum Chambers · away
69′Joel Bagan · away
72′Will Fish on for Callum Robinson · away
72′Alex Robertson on for Calum Chambers · away
72′Tom Watson on for Romaine Mundle · home
77′Christopher James Mepham · assist Wilson Isidor · home
82′Cian Ashford on for Sivert Mannsverk · away

SUNSunderland4-3-3

1Anthony Patterson
32Trai Hume
26Christopher James Mepham
13Luke O'Nien
33Leo Hjelde▾ 56′ (Cirkin on)
10Patrick RobertsA▾ 24′ (Rigg on)
4Dan Neil
7Jobe Bellingham
8Alan Browne▾ 56′ (Isidor on)
12Eliezer Mayenda
14Romaine Mundle▾ 72′ (Watson on)

3Dennis Cirkin▴ 56′ for Hjelde

11Chris Rigg▴ 24′ for Roberts

18Wilson IsidorA▴ 56′ for Browne

40Tom Watson▴ 72′ for Mundle

Bench: Simon Moore, Jenson Seelt, Milan Aleksic, Joe Anderson, Harrison Jones

CARCardiff4-2-3-1

1Ethan Horvath
38Perry Ng
4Dimitrios Goutas
23Joel Bagan
11Callum O'Dowda
12Calum Chambers▾ 72′ (Robertson on)
15Sivert Mannsverk▾ 82′ (Ashford on)
39Isaak Davies▾ 59′ (Alves on)
47Callum Robinson

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We go again

▾ 72′ (Fish on)

27Rubin Colwill

22Yousef Salech

2Will Fish▴ 72′ for Robinson

18Alex Robertson▴ 72′ for Chambers

29Will Alves▴ 59′ for Davies

45Cian Ashford▴ 82′ for Mannsverk

Bench: Chris Willock, Matthew Turner, Dylan Lawlor, Luey Giles, Dakarai Mafico