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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 1 (setup 4, season 37)
Sunderland
v.
Huddersfield Town
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
18
Unai SIMÓN Mendibil71Lee NICHOLLS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Benjamin PAVARD827Oliver TURTON
Theo HERNÁNDEZ37Josh RUFFELS
Alessandro BASTONI747Lewis O'BRIEN
José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas75Rarmani EDMONDS-GREEN
Federico Santiago VALVERDE Dipetta66Alex PRITCHARD
James MADDISON87Nicolas PÉPÉ
BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez Moura68Sorba THOMAS
Julián ÁLVAREZ9Eddie NKETIAH
Victor OSIMHEN10Karlan GRANT
Leroy SANÉ8116Josh KOROMA
Chris GoddardManager
Karim BENZEMA12Aaron ROWE
Manuel AKANJI13Ryan SCHOFIELD
William SALIBA14Jonathan HOGG
Antoine GRIEZMANN15Duane HOLMES
Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA16Danny WARD

Sunderland 2 Huddersfield Town 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 50,615, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Rob SHOEBRIDGE 6½)
30 Sané, 73 ValverdeScorers23 Thomas
Substitutions60 Nketiah <=> Holmes
Sendings off
34 Giménez, 62 OsimhenBookings
3Corners3
11Fouls18
5Offsides1
6Shots on2
4Shots off6
10Total shots8
4Shots saved1
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Theo HERNÁNDEZ
3A fine ball from HERNÁNDEZ on the left bobbled toward ÁLVAREZ who mishit his effort over the bar.
8NICHOLLS saved a curling effort from OSIMHEN.
9Uncertainty in the Huddersfield Town defence enabled OSIMHEN to hit the ball over.
12A poor strike from O'BRIEN rolled agonisingly wide.
16THOMAS beat SANÉ and drove the ball to KOROMA who toe-poked his shot wide.
19The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce shot from Sunderland's VALVERDE.
20THOMAS ran onto a delightful ball from GRANT but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
23GOAL!! A neat one-two left THOMAS clear and he made no mistake by skillfully drifting the ball past the oncoming SIMÓN. (1-0 Huddersfield Town)
30GOAL!! A tackle from TURTON gave Sunderland a free-kick on the edge of the area which SANÉ slammed past the 'keeper. (1-1)
34GIMÉNEZ receives a yellow card by the referee for a clinical challenge.
38HERNÁNDEZ shot over.
 
47NKETIAH was put clear by RUFFELS and he raced past SIMÓN but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
48O'BRIEN booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
59A great save prevented SANÉ from scoring an exceptional goal.
62OSIMHEN booked.
63O'BRIEN raced past HERNÁNDEZ but nudged the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
73GOAL!! A Sunderland counter-attack allowed MADDISON to setup VALVERDE with an easy goal. (2-1 Sunderland)
76RUFFELS brought the ball past PAVARD and flicked a tame shot into the crowd.
81MADDISON worked the ball to VALVERDE, OSIMHEN collected his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of NICHOLLS.
89The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from RUFFELS fell just wide.