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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 29 (setup 3, season 5)
Sunderland
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Sergio Ramón ROCHET Álvarez1Alex McCARTHY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Nélson Cabral SEMEDO72Moses ODUBAJO
Alejandro Grimaldo García, ALEX GRIMALDO37Mario VRANCIC
Alejandro CATENA Marugán747Ben OSBORN
Alessio ROMAGNOLI56Rasmus NICOLAISEN
MARIO HERMOSO Canseco66Kean BRYAN
Hakan ÇALHANOGLU7Marlon PACK
Yves BISSOUMA68Todd CANTWELL
Victor Okoh BONIFACE79Cauley WOODROW
Alejandro Baena Rodríguez, ÁLEX BAENA106John SWIFT
PEDRO Lomba NETO7116Dwight GAYLE
Shug MctavishManager
Ethan LAIRD12Fouad BACHIROU
David OCHOA13Darren RANDOLPH
Matej JURÁSEK14Joe MORRELL
Heorhiy SUDAKOV15Ronan CURTIS
Liam DELAP16Ryley TOWLER

Sunderland 4 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 4-0, Attendance: 48,518, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Russell BOOTH 6½)
8 Pedro Neto, 21 Alex Grimaldo, 25 Álex Baena, 45+2 BonifaceScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners7
11Fouls12
5Offsides1
6Shots on4
10Shots off4
16Total shots8
2Shots saved4
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Alejandro Grimaldo García, ALEX GRIMALDO
3The Portsmouth 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate shot from Sunderland's ÁLEX BAENA.
5CATENA was put clear by PEDRO NETO and he nutmegged the Portsmouth 'keeper but drilled his shot just wide.
8GOAL!! PEDRO NETO hit a beautiful thirty yard shot past the motionless MCCARTHY. (1-0 Sunderland)
11ÇALHANOGLU kicked the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
12A brilliant strike from PEDRO NETO was dealt with by a fine block from MCCARTHY.
17A fine ball from ÇALHANOGLU on the left found PEDRO NETO who mishit his shot inches over.
19A drive from PACK seemed a certain goal but the Sunderland 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
21GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by MCCARTHY, BISSOUMA was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to ALEX GRIMALDO to nudge home. (2-0 Sunderland)
25GOAL!! The Portsmouth 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from VRANCIC and ÁLEX BAENA managed to squeeze the ball into the back of the net. (3-0 Sunderland)
27PEDRO NETO rifled a simple chance past the near post.
35A pin-point pass fell to PEDRO NETO and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
37ÇALHANOGLU snapped at an easy chance.
45+2GOAL!! A wonderful dribble from ALEX GRIMALDO gave BISSOUMA space on the left and BONIFACE flicked in his accurate pass. (4-0 Sunderland)
 
48A penalty box meleé resulted in CANTWELL tapping a low shot over.
49WOODROW knocked the ball to NICOLAISEN who forced it just wide.
51A shot from CANTWELL was smothered by the 'keeper.
54PEDRO NETO blasted a left foot shot wide from long range.
55The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from SEMEDO fell just wide.
56A free-kick from PACK raced just beyond the near post.
56A cross from BISSOUMA left SEMEDO in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
70A twenty-five yard shot from SWIFT caused the Sunderland 'keeper no problem.
72MARIO HERMOSO beat three Portsmouth players and stroked a shot just beyond the near post.
77A strike from ODUBAJO held no problem for ROCHET.
85PEDRO NETO waltzed past SWIFT and stabbed a weak shot into the crowd.