| 1¹ | An exceptional shot from MATONDO was dealt with by a fine stop from OKOYE. |
| 5¹ | A header by MATONDO at the near post was comfortably collected by the Birmingham City 'keeper. |
| 6¹ | The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from BIERETH. |
| 8¹ | A fine ball from ARMSTRONG on the left bobbled toward McEACHRAN who sliced his shot inches over. |
| 9¹ | A left foot effort from LONGELO was pushed over by the Sunderland 'keeper. |
| 11¹ | MATONDO's shot was well held by OKOYE. |
| 24¹ | A neatly crafted cross from BIERETH was nudged goalbound by RAMAZANI only for OKOYE to claw away. |
| 27¹ | The 'keeper blocked a refined shot from RAMAZANI. |
| 34¹ | GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from BIERETH hit the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by HEGGEM. (1-0 Sunderland)| 41¹ | A strike from RAMAZANI held little difficulty for the Birmingham City 'keeper. | | 5² | RAMAZANI was put clear by BEYER and he raced past the Birmingham City 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar. | | 7² | A twenty yard shot from SUNJIC caused HERMANSEN no problem. | | 15² | GOAL!! A long clearance by the Sunderland 'keeper beat the Birmingham City defence and BIERETH drove the ball beyond the oncoming Birmingham City 'keeper. (2-0 Sunderland)| 17² | AZPILICUETA touched the ball through a crowd of players but HERMANSEN was a match for it as he dived to his left. | | 19² | GOAL!! An inswinging corner was hoofed clear only for McEACHRAN to blast the ball home. (2-1 Sunderland)| 21² | A poor shot from BIERETH trickled agonisingly wide. | | 21² | A free-kick from CIRKIN flew over. | | 28² | A good effort from FREY scraped the woodwork. | | 32² | BIERETH knocked the ball to RAMAZANI who forced it just beyond the far post. | | 35² | A pin-point pass was collected by BIERETH and his right foot shot went narrowly over. | | 41² | GOAL!! A patient Sunderland side were rewarded with a lovely strike from O'NIEN. (3-1 Sunderland)| 43² | BIERETH stroked an easy chance past the far post. | | 44² | A shot from BIERETH seemed a certain goal but OKOYE managed to force the ball away. | | 46² | FREY shot over. | | | | |