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1¹	BARCOLA's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
3¹	A penalty box meleé resulted in BARCOLA knocking the ball over.
4¹	A corner fell to RETEGUI who nodded an effort wide.
5¹	A shot from ROMAGNOLI was smothered by the Port Vale 'keeper.
5¹	GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from ÁLEX BAENA shook the woodwork and in the ensuing scramble the ball was kicked into the net by ÇALHANOGLU. (1-0 Sunderland)
11¹	RETEGUI turned UDOGIE but tapped the ball into the arms of the Port Vale 'keeper.
12¹	A great effort from OPENDA scraped the upright.
13¹	CAMBIASO scuffed an easy chance.
24¹	BONIFACE touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Port Vale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
25¹	TROSSARD kicked the ball wide from just inside the area.
35¹	BONIFACE was put clear by MAC ALLISTER and he pulled away from BENÍTEZ but drilled his shot wide.
36¹	ÇALHANOGLU headed over.
2²	RETEGUI poked a simple chance past the near post.
3²	GOAL!! ROMERO tried to play the ball out of the Sunderland penalty area but was tackled by BARCOLA who touched the ball to OPENDA for a simple tap in. (1-1)
10²	BARCOLA made space on the right and touched the ball to MÜLLER who fired the ball wide.
10²	A free-kick from BONIFACE floated inches wide.
12²	A pin-point pass bobbled toward ALEX GRIMALDO and his deadly effort flew narrowly over.
21²	BONIFACE beat KUDUS and hit the ball to CAMBIASO who fired his effort wide.
29²	A delightful save prevented BONIFACE from scoring an exceptional goal.
33²	BONIFACE shot wide.
38²	ÇALHANOGLU knocked the ball to RETEGUI who turned it wide.
38²	A cross from FRATTESI left OPENDA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.

Sunderland

League position:

Home league form:

XW--

Overall league form:

LXLLLXWL

Formation:

4-4-2

Line-ups

Alejandro REMIRO	7½	1	7	Walter BENÍTEZ
Andrea CAMBIASO	7½	2	8	Julian RYERSON
ALEX GRIMALDO	7	3	7½	Destiny UDOGIE
PEDRO Lomba NETO	7½	4	7	Gleison BREMER^(c)
Alessio ROMAGNOLI	7½	5	7½	Ben WHITE
Cristian ROMERO	7	6	6½	Davide FRATTESI
^(c)Hakan ÇALHANOGLU	6½	7	7½	Mohammed KUDUS
Alexis MAC ALLISTER	6½	8	7½	Bradley BARCOLA
^(p)Victor BONIFACE	6½	9	7½	Loïs OPENDA
^(f)ÁLEX BAENA	7	10	6	Thomas MÜLLER
Mateo RETEGUI	7½	11	5½	Leandro TROSSARD^(p,f)
Shug Mctavish	Manager			Dean Murphy
Heorhiy SUDAKOV		12		Justin OMOREGIE
Sergio ROCHET		13		Marcel MOSWITZER
PEDRO Antonio PORRO		14		Tommaso MARTINELLI
SERGIO CAMELLO Pérez		15		Karim ADEYEMI
ISI PALAZÓN		16		Tom ROTHE

Port Vale

League position:

Away league form:

LXWL

Overall league form:

LLWXWWXL

Formation:

4-1-3-2

Statistics

Sunderland 1 Port Vale 1

(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 39,503, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Lee Mason 7½)

Çalhanoglu 5¹

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Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Openda 3²

46%

54%

¶ Man of the match: Julian Ryerson ¶