In off the Post   home | contact | links | FAQ  ONLINE GAMES 
Games clubs | codes | info | results | rulebook | join
User: Password:
Features forum | search | HTO

next | previous | Sunderland | Gillingham | index | setup 4

Commentary
0¹FERNÁNDEZ ran onto a great ball from KVARATSKHELIA but blasted his shot wide.
4¹A lovely effort from SANÉ scraped the outside of the post.
8¹The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce shot from Sunderland's GRIEZMANN.
9¹A tame shot from DILROSUN bounced agonisingly wide.
11¹A delightful strike from MARTINELLI was dealt with by a useful stop from POPE.
17¹GRIEZMANN made space on the right and knocked the ball to MARTINELLI who rasped the ball over.
22¹GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from KVARATSKHELIA struck the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was nodded into the net by MARTINELLI. (1-0 Sunderland)
25¹GRIEZMANN drilled a looping shot just wide from thirty yards out.
26¹A useful ball from DE LIGT on the left fell to MARTINELLI who sliced his shot over.
29¹ATKINSON yellow cards MARTINELLI for an off-the-ball incident against MINA.
34¹A free-kick from CLYNE flew just beyond the far post.
39¹An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of SIMÓN by MINCARELLI.
45¹GOAL!! A long shot from AKANJI deflected off the legs of MKHITARYAN and into his own net. (2-0 Sunderland)
0²A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing SIMÓN.
10²GRIEZMANN headed over the bar.
12²GOMES was put clear by NICHOLS and he beat SIMÓN but drilled his shot over.
21²MINCARELLI touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Sunderland 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
23²KVARATSKHELIA floated the ball to MARTINELLI who flicked it wide.
24²A poor foul on AKANJI by MINCARELLI results in a booking.
29²A mix up in the Gillingham defence enabled FERNÁNDEZ to hit an effort just beyond the near post.
31²The referee books MADDISON.
46²FERNÁNDEZ booked for an off-the-ball incident.

 
Sunderland
 
League position: 4
Home league form: LWLW
Overall league form: LWWWLWXL
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
Unai SIMÓN8 18 Nick POPE
Kyle WALKER8 28 Nathaniel CLYNE
Theo HERNÁNDEZ8 36½Lucas MINCARELLI
Federico VALVERDE7 47 Henrikh MKHITARYAN(c)
Matthijs DE LIGT7 57 Nikola MILENKOVIC
Manuel AKANJI7½66 Yerry MINA
Leroy SANÉ7 76 Angel GOMES
(c)Enzo FERNÁNDEZ6 86 Javairô DILROSUN
(p,f)Antoine GRIEZMANN7½96½Adam IDAH(p)
Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA6½106 Justin DEVENNY(f)
Gabriel MARTINELLI6 116 Tom NICHOLS
Luke MurrayManager
José GIMÉNEZ  12  Davide FARAONI
Bart VERBRUGGEN  13  Leonardo DA SILVA LOPES
James MADDISON6 14  Issa KABORÉ
Marcus RASHFORD6½15  Tyrone MINGS
Dusan VLAHOVIC  16  Harrison ARMSTRONG
 
Gillingham
 
League position: 20
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: LLLLLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sunderland 2 Gillingham 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 57,276, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Martin Atkinson 7½)

Martinelli 22¹, Mkhitaryan 45¹ (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
MartinellióRashford 25², KvaratskheliaóMaddison 25² 
  
Martinelli 29¹, Maddison 31², Fernández 46²Mincarelli 24²
27
1313
72
43
136
179
23
51%49%
Man of the match: Nathaniel Clyne