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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 5 (setup 4, season 35)
Sunderland
v.
Bristol Rovers
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Rob ELLIOT616Anssi JAAKKOLA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Matt DOHERTY727Danny McNAMARA
Jonathan Castro Otto, JONNY3Jack ROBINSON
Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES746Jordan ROSSITER
Laurens DE BOCK857Sepp VAN DEN BERG
Chris BASHAM6Rhys WILLIAMS
Cody Mathès GAKPO7Rubin COLWILL
ANTONY Matheus dos Santos786Pawel WSZOLEK
Ferrán TORRES García9Antony EVANS
James MADDISON6106Steven LAWLESS
Francisco EVANILSON de Lima Barbosa11Idrissa SYLLA
Chris GoddardManager
Max-Alain GRADEL12Bambo DIABY
Conor HOURIHANE13Tony CRAIG
Sandro TONALI14Nick ANDERTON
George HONEYMAN15Ben REEVES
Ross STEWART16Tom NICHOLS

Sunderland 3 Bristol Rovers 2
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 24,134, Stadium: Stadium of Light (construction in progress), Referee: Goran MARKOV 7½)
13 Evanilson, 39 De Bock, 67 TorresScorers78 Van Den Berg, 90 Robinson
Substitutions
72 AntonySendings off
33 Evanilson, 44 Antony, 56 Maitland-Niles, 89 GakpoBookings35 Rossiter
5Corners7
15Fouls8
5Offsides4
9Shots on3
10Shots off5
19Total shots8
6Shots saved1
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Laurens DE BOCK
6A cross from MADDISON left TORRES in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
9TORRES headed over.
12A perfect shot from MAITLAND-NILES was dealt with by a good block from JAAKKOLA.
13GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Bristol Rovers 'keeper, MADDISON was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to EVANILSON to drill in. (1-0 Sunderland)
20TORRES's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Bristol Rovers upright.
22TORRES touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Bristol Rovers 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
33EVANILSON cautioned for a bad foul.
35ROSSITER waltzed past GAKPO and rifled a tame shot past the post.
35ROSSITER receives a yellow card by the ref for a late challenge.
39GOAL!! A perfect ball from MAITLAND-NILES left TORRES in the clear, he made the Bristol Rovers 'keeper commit himself before knocking the ball to DE BOCK to score. (2-0 Sunderland)
43TORRES beat ROSSITER and blasted the ball to MADDISON who toe-poked his shot wide.
44ANTONY booked.
 
56MAITLAND-NILES receives a yellow card for a high tackle on VAN DEN BERG.
66SYLLA ran onto a wonderful ball from COLWILL but fired his shot wide of the righthand post.
67GOAL!! A terrible backpass by WILLIAMS enabled TORRES to run in and crack the ball past the 'keeper. (3-0 Sunderland)
71TORRES knocked the ball to MADDISON who flicked it wide.
72The ref gave ANTONY a second yellow card for a bad tackle on ROBINSON.
78GOAL!! A deep cross from COLWILL on the right was nodded home by VAN DEN BERG on the edge of the box. (3-1 Sunderland)
84EVANS scuffed a simple chance.
87A free-kick from WSZOLEK went wide.
89GAKPO given a yellow card by the referee.
90GOAL!! A deep cross by EVANS was met by ROBINSON who charged in to score. (3-2 Sunderland)