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EF 1

Match report

English Footie

League 2: Round 5 (setup 1, season 32)

Sunderland

v.

Bristol City

Formation:

4-1-3-2

League position:

5

Overall form:

Home form:

7

1

6½

Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:

7½

2

7

6

3

7½

Marco VAN GINKEL

7

4

7½

Nathaniel CHALOBAH

7½

5

7

6½

6

7

Erik Manuel LAMELA

7½

7

7½

Lucas Ariel OCAMPOS

6½

8

6½

Duván Esteban ZAPATA Banguero

7½

9

8

Bobby DECORDOVA-REID

7½

10

6

RICHARLISON de Andrade

6½

11

6

Chris Barber

Manager

Valentin ROBERGE

12

13

14

André HOFFMANN

15

Alexander ESSWEIN

16

Callum BRITTAIN

Sunderland 5 Bristol City 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 41,047, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Lee PROBERT 7½, TV: highlights)
35og Darlow, 41 Zapata, 45+1 Borini, 60 Lamela, 90 Borini		Scorers	22 Decordova-Reid
		Substitutions
		Sendings off
		Bookings	32 Powell, 84 Darlow
	7	Corners	4
	7	Fouls	4
	21	Offsides	8
	9	Shots on	8
	8	Shots off	4
	17	Total shots	12
	4	Shots saved	7
	48%	Possession	52%
Man of the match: Bobby DECORDOVA-REID


1	A weak shot from OCAMPOS rolled agonisingly wide.

3	An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of DARLOW by BORINI.

4	FORSTER stopped a refined strike from CHALOBAH.

7	BORINI ran onto a great ball from VAN GINKEL but toe-poked his shot wide of the righthand post.

9	GOOCH turned SPAJIC but fired the ball into the arms of the Sunderland 'keeper.

10	O'DOWDA was put clear by GREALISH and he raced past FORSTER but rammed his shot inches wide.

11	A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming FORSTER.

14	DARLOW was able to claw away a powerful shot.

17	O'DOWDA charged through the Sunderland defence but shot straight at FORSTER.

17	GREALISH touched the ball through a crowd of players but FORSTER was a match for it as he dived to his left.

20	The Sunderland 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from O'DOWDA.

22	GOAL!! A mix up between JONES and FORSTER allowed DECORDOVA-REID to drill the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Bristol City)

32	POWELL cautioned by PROBERT for a poor challenge.

35	GOAL!! A corner shot across the box and DARLOW fumbled the ball into his own net.

41	GOAL!! A cross from BORINI was touched away by CHILWELL only for OCAMPOS to volley the ball back into the box for ZAPATA to force into the net. (2-1 Sunderland)

45+1	GOAL!! A JONES run down the left resulted in a perfect cross for BORINI to drill in. (3-1 Sunderland)


60	GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Bristol City 'keeper, JONES was first to the loose ball and played the ball to LAMELA to drive in. (4-1 Sunderland)

64	A corner was collected by BORINI who fired an effort wide.

71	A free-kick from BORINI flew over the bar.

75	O'DOWDA dribbled away from RICHARLISON and flicked a tame shot over.

84	DARLOW booked.

90	GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from JONES caught the Bristol City defence square and BORINI nipped in to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (5-1 Sunderland)