| 7¹ | A high tackle gets McGEADY a yellow card. |
| 15¹ | BORINI poked an easy chance past the righthand post. |
| 18¹ | GRAHAM books WILLIS for an off-the-ball incident against SESSEGNON. |
| 19¹ | A penalty box scramble resulted in McGEADY driving a low shot over. |
| 22¹ | The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from SKÚLASON. |
| 25¹ | The Sunderland 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from SESSEGNON. |
| 28¹ | WYKE rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Lincoln City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. |
| 34¹ | A lovely pass from N'DONG was slammed goalbound by WILLIAMS only for the Lincoln City 'keeper to block. |
| 36¹ | CORNICK was put clear by BROADFOOT and he pulled away from ELLIOT but drilled his shot just beyond the far post. |
| 38¹ | MONCUR receives a yellow card for a bad tackle. |
| 42¹ | A pin-point pass fell to N'DONG and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide. |
| 2² | A header by WYKE at the far post was comfortably collected by DIEGO. |
| 5² | A weak shot from DICKIE bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 9² | McGEADY's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Lincoln City upright. |
| 11² | A shot from DICKIE was smothered by ELLIOT. |
| 20² | HYLTON's shot was well saved by the Sunderland 'keeper. |
| 27² | SKÚLASON ran onto a wonderful ball from LUA-LUA but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post. |
| 28² | A shot from SANDERSON was nodded off the line by BROADFOOT. |
| 31² | HONEYMAN booked. |
| 39² | A lovely effort from McGEADY scraped the outside of the righthand post. |
| 43² | MAGUIRE played the ball to McGEADY who forced it over the bar. |
| 46² | GOAL!! A one-handed save from the Lincoln City 'keeper enabled MAGUIRE to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Sunderland) |