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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 1 (setup 4, season 28)
Sunderland
v.
Rushden&Diamonds
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Rob ELLIOT1Alan JULIAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO26Paul LINWOOD
Fabio BORINI73Alexander BUTTNER
Ibrahim 'Didier' N'DONG48KI Sung-yueng
Papy Mison DJILOBODJI758Shkodran MUSTAFI
Tyias BROWNING66Emanuel POGATETZ
Lee CATTERMOLE877Jake LIVERMORE
Duncan WATMORE78Brian STOCK
Nicklas HELENIUS Jensen797Mauro BOSELLI
Jack RODWELL610Georgios SAMARAS
Joel ASORO611Isaac SUCCESS Ajayi
Manager
Lee HOLMES12Andrew TAYLOR
Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ13Tom ELLIOTT
George HONEYMAN14RAFAEL Pereira da Silva
Donald LOVE15Massimo MACCARONE
Brendan GALLOWAY16Will PATCHING

Sunderland 1 Rushden&Diamonds 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 30,625, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Lee MASON 6½)
51 HeleniusScorers7 Boselli
Substitutions
Sendings off
30 Asoro, 54 Helenius, 66 N'Dong, 80 RodwellBookings
6Corners1
10Fouls6
3Offsides2
5Shots on4
13Shots off8
18Total shots12
3Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Shkodran MUSTAFI
4A corner found HELENIUS who turned an effort inches over.
7GOAL!! Some fine work by POGATETZ on the left, left BOSELLI yards clear, and he stepped inside the Sunderland 'keeper and fired the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Rushden&Diamonds)
9A great effort from HELENIUS scraped the outside of the righthand post.
19The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from KI dropped just over.
20STOCK was put clear by KI and he beat ELLIOT but thrust his shot over.
27HELENIUS kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
29RODWELL worked the ball to WATMORE, N'DONG latched onto his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
30ASORO booked by the ref.
34DJILOBODJI flicked a simple chance past the far post.
38ASORO beat LIVERMORE and placed the ball to WATMORE who pulled his shot wide.
42A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Rushden&Diamonds 'keeper.
 
50WATMORE ran onto a wonderful ball from CATTERMOLE but fired his shot wide of the goal.
51GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of HELENIUS who knocked the ball past the helpless JULIAN. (1-1)
54HELENIUS booked for a bad tackle.
56A fine ball from SUCCESS on the right bobbled toward MUSTAFI who mishit his shot just beyond the far post.
66N'DONG cautioned for a high foul on BOSELLI.
69RODWELL rushed an easy chance.
71A cross from CATTERMOLE left WATMORE in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
79LINWOOD beat two Sunderland players and drove a shot over the bar.
80RODWELL booked for gamesmanship.
83LIVERMORE played the ball to MUSTAFI who touched it just beyond the far post.
86BOSELLI clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.