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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 4, season 37)
Sunderland
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Unai SIMÓN Mendibil1Milos VESIC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Benjamin PAVARD2Maxime COLIN
Theo HERNÁNDEZ737George FRIEND
Alessandro BASTONI4Ivan SUNJIC
José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas75Marc ROBERTS
Federico Santiago VALVERDE Dipetta6Nico GORDON
James MADDISON7Juninho BACUNA
BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez Moura8Tahith CHONG
Julián ÁLVAREZ96Óscar Eduardo ESTUPIÑÁN Vallesilla
Victor OSIMHEN106Jobe BELLINGHAM
Leroy SANÉ11Scott HOGAN
Chris GoddardManager
Karim BENZEMA12Marcel OAKLEY
Manuel AKANJI13Zach JEACOCK
William SALIBA14Josh WILLIAMS
Antoine GRIEZMANN15Jordan GRAHAM
Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA16George HALL

Sunderland 4 Birmingham City 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 51,305, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Michael JONES 6½)
7 Sané, 16 Osimhen, 29 Osimhen, 52 SanéScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
5 Valverde, 18 Bruno Guimarães, 46 Maddison, 60 ÁlvarezBookings
4Corners5
12Fouls8
6Offsides5
8Shots on5
15Shots off6
23Total shots11
4Shots saved4
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Alessandro BASTONI
5VALVERDE cautioned for a high challenge.
7GOAL!! The creative GIMÉNEZ neatly flicked on a cross for SANÉ to thump the ball in. (1-0 Sunderland)
8ESTUPIÑÁN shot over.
10ESTUPIÑÁN ran onto a delightful ball from BACUNA but hit his effort wide of the goal.
16GOAL!! OSIMHEN hit a swerving thirty yard shot past the hapless Birmingham City 'keeper. (2-0 Sunderland)
18BRUNO GUIMARÃES booked for a late tackle on BACUNA.
19A perfect strike from HOGAN was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
25OSIMHEN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City woodwork.
29GOAL!! After SANÉ was pulled to the ground the ref waved play-on and OSIMHEN went on to comfortably score. (3-0 Sunderland)
30ESTUPIÑÁN drilled a right foot shot just wide from twenty yards out.
33VALVERDE stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
36FRIEND's shot was well saved by SIMÓN.
40HERNÁNDEZ kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
 
46The referee books MADDISON for dangerous play against GORDON.
52GOAL!! A short backpass by ROBERTS enabled SANÉ to nip in and drill the ball past the 'keeper. (4-0 Sunderland)
55The Birmingham City 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot.
57A weak shot from BRUNO GUIMARÃES rolled agonisingly wide.
58A penalty box scramble resulted in OSIMHEN tapping a low shot over.
60JONES books ÁLVAREZ.
77A cross from SANÉ left HERNÁNDEZ in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
82OSIMHEN played the ball to MADDISON who fired it inches wide.
84A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled SANÉ to blast the ball just beyond the near post.