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6¹ A corner bobbled toward DOUÉ who headed the ball just wide. 11¹ A clumsy tackle on ÇALHANOGLU by GUIRASSY results in a booking. 14¹ A pin-point pass found PAVLOVIC and his right foot shot went narrowly wide. 17¹ YAMAL hit a left foot shot inches over from just outside the area. 17¹ A cross from YAMAL left VAN DE VEN in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 18¹ The 'keeper managed to block an amazing effort. 20¹ Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled ÇALHANOGLU to blast the ball over. 23¹ GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with DEMBÉLÉ striking the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Sunderland) 27¹ A poor shot from DEMBÉLÉ rolled agonisingly wide. 31¹ GOAL!! A long ball from ÇALHANOGLU down the middle was collected by the lurking RETEGUI who drilled a right foot shot into the back of the net. (2-0 Sunderland) 35¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in ISAK knocking a low shot over. 38¹ YÉREMY PINO was put clear by ÇALHANOGLU and he dummied HRÁDECKÝ but struck his shot just beyond the far post. 39¹ DEMBÉLÉ's shot was well held by the Stoke City 'keeper. 47¹ ISAK booked. 0² ZAÏRE-EMERY beat ROMAGNOLI and drilled the ball to DOUÉ who toe-poked his shot wide. 14² GOAL!! An outswinging corner booted out by ROMERO was knocked into the back of the net by YAMAL. (2-1 Sunderland) 17² LUKEBA hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box. 19² GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed ALEX GRIMALDO to nudge the ball to DEMBÉLÉ who fired a left foot shot into the net. (3-1 Sunderland) 21² GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to GUIRASSY who slammed the ball into the roof of the net. (3-2 Sunderland) 25² RETEGUI worked the ball to ÇALHANOGLU, ÁLEX BAENA controlled his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of HRÁDECKÝ. 43² A header by DEMBÉLÉ at the near post was easily collected by the Stoke City 'keeper. 44² A free-kick from GUIRASSY raced inches over.

Sunderland   League position: - Home league form: WWWW Overall league form: LWLWXWLW Formation: 4-4-2

Line-ups Alejandro REMIRO 7  1 7  Lukás HRÁDECKÝ Andrea CAMBIASO 8  2 7½ Levi COLWILL ALEX GRIMALDO 8  3 7½ Aleksandar PAVLOVIC YÉREMY Jesús PINO 7  4 7  Warren ZAÏRE-EMERY Alessio ROMAGNOLI 7½ 5 7½ Castello LUKEBA(c) Cristian ROMERO 7  6 7  Mickey VAN DE VEN (c)Hakan ÇALHANOGLU 6½ 7 7  Lamine YAMAL Alexis MAC ALLISTER 6  8 7  Désiré DOUÉ (p)Mateo RETEGUI 6½ 9 7  Serhou GUIRASSY (f)Ousmane DEMBÉLÉ 6½ 10 6  Benjamin SESKO(f) ÁLEX BAENA 6½ 11 6½ Alexander ISAK(p) Shug Mctavish Manager Anthony ABBEY Heorhiy SUDAKOV    12    PAU CUBARSÍ Paredes Sergio ROCHET    13    Michele DI GREGORIO PEDRO Antonio PORRO    14    Johan BAKAYOKO CRISTHIAN Andrey    15    Mika GODTS Muhammed DAMAR    16    Ashley YOUNG

Stoke City   League position: 8 Away league form: LLLX Overall league form: WLWLLWXW Formation: 4-4-2

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Statistics

Sunderland 3 Stoke City 2 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 56,659, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Graham Horwood 6, TV: highlights) Dembélé 23¹, Retegui 31¹, Dembélé 19² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Yamal 14², Guirassy 21²           Guirassy 11¹, Isak 47¹ 13 10 13 5 4 12 6 4 9 12 15 16 3 2 44% 56% ¶ Man of the match: Alex Grimaldo ¶