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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 5 (setup 1, season 31)
Sunderland
v.
Bristol Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Christian WETKLO1André ONANA
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel SCHWAAB727Chancel Mangulu MBEMBA
Marcel SCHÄFER63Hasan Ali KALDIRIM
Lee CATTERMOLE4Ogenyi Eddy ONAZI
Niklas MOISANDER757ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca
Uros SPAJIC66Nampalys MENDY
Manuel SCHMIEDEBACH7Landry DIMATA
Alexander ESSWEIN78Daniel DIDAVI
Nils PETERSEN79Sandro WAGNER
Victor ANICHEBE610Valentino LAZARO
Haris SEFEROVIC117Edin VISCA
ManagerScott Smillie
Ryan BENNETT12Daniel Sánchez AYALA
JOÃO CARLOS Heidemann13Pierluigi GOLLINI
Fabio BORINI14SALIH Uçan
OSVALDO Lourenço Filho15Paul-Georges NTEP de Madiba
Joan VERDÚ Fernández16Kelechi IHEANACHO

Sunderland 1 Bristol Rovers 4
(Half-time: 1-4, Attendance: 40,506, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 6)
27 EssweinScorers5 Wagner, 28 Wagner, 32 Visca, 41 Visca
Substitutions
Sendings off
46 WetkloBookings
1Corners4
4Fouls13
2Offsides5
3Shots on5
9Shots off13
12Total shots18
2Shots saved1
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Manuel SCHMIEDEBACH
4ESSWEIN's shot was well held by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.
5GOAL!! DIMATA made space for WAGNER who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, struck the ball past WETKLO. (1-0 Bristol Rovers)
20VISCA snapped at a simple chance.
23A free-kick from DIDAVI raced inches over.
27GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled ESSWEIN to lob the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
28GOAL!! A long ball from DIDAVI had the Sunderland defence back-pedalling and WAGNER made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (2-1 Bristol Rovers)
29SCHMIEDEBACH beat LAZARO and hit the ball to PETERSEN who fired his shot wide.
32GOAL!! SPAJIC tried to play the ball out of the Sunderland penalty area but was tackled by DIDAVI who nodded the ball to VISCA for an easy tap in. (3-1 Bristol Rovers)
37A accurate pass found WAGNER and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
38ONAZI worked the ball to MENDY, VISCA gathered his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
41GOAL!! A mishit backpass by SPAJIC enabled VISCA to run in and fire the ball past the Sunderland 'keeper. (4-1 Bristol Rovers)
42A delightful strike from PETERSEN was dealt with by a useful block from ONANA.
45+1The motionless WETKLO was a mere bystander as a backpass from ESSWEIN dropped just wide.
 
46WETKLO given a yellow card for a high tackle on WAGNER.
53WAGNER was put clear by KALDIRIM and he pulled away from the Sunderland 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.
54An exceptional effort from VISCA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
57CATTERMOLE shot wide.
61ESSWEIN dribbled round ROLANDO and stabbed a tame shot into the crowd.
69A good ball from MBEMBA on the left was collected by KALDIRIM who scuffed his shot just wide.
82Uncertainty in the Sunderland defence enabled DIDAVI to crack the ball just beyond the far post.
87A poor strike from DIDAVI bounced agonisingly wide.
89ESSWEIN hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.