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1¹ GOAL!! A Sunderland counter-attack allowed GRIEZMANN to setup SANÉ with an easy goal. (1-0 Sunderland) 6¹ BALDOCK receives a yellow card by the ref. 8¹ HAKIMI ran onto a great ball from OSIMHEN but toe-poked his shot wide. 9¹ VALVERDE worked the ball to OSIMHEN, SANÉ collected his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of DAVIES. 10¹ A corner found VALVERDE who fired an effort over. 28¹ GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with HAKIMI firing the ball in off the post. (2-0 Sunderland) 29¹ GOAL!! A poor shot from McBURNIE seemed to hold no problem for the Sunderland 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (2-1 Sunderland) 35¹ GOAL!! A deep corner left DAVIES struggling and GRIEZMANN stabbed the ball over the line. (3-1 Sunderland) 36¹ GOAL!! Sheffield United's McBURNIE beat four defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's righthand post. (3-2 Sunderland) 38¹ GRIEZMANN scuffed an easy chance. 42¹ OSIMHEN beat O'CONNELL and drove the ball to GRIEZMANN who hit his effort wide. 9² A useful ball from AKANJI on the left fell to HAKIMI who sliced his shot inches over. 13² The bemused Sheffield United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from FLECK dropped just wide. 16² HAKIMI beat four Sheffield United players and slammed a shot inches wide. 22² GOAL!! A long ball from BASTONI had the Sheffield United defence back-pedalling and WALKER made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (4-2 Sunderland) 24² GOAL!! A FLECK run down the right resulted in a perfect cross for McBURNIE to tap in. (4-3 Sunderland) 30² SANÉ made space on the right and dragged the ball to BARELLA who fired the ball over. 31² BARELLA headed just beyond the far post. 33² A tame shot from McBURNIE rolled agonisingly wide. 35² A pin-point pass fell to McBURNIE and his deadly shot went narrowly over. 39² A bad tackle gets AKANJI a yellow card. 42² A shot from McBURNIE was smothered by the 'keeper.

Sunderland   League position: 1 Home league form: WWXW Overall league form: WWWXWWLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Unai SIMÓN 6  1 5½ Adam DAVIES (c)Kyle WALKER 9  2 7  George BALDOCK Achraf HAKIMI 7½ 3 6½ Max LOWE Nicolò BARELLA 7½ 4 7  Sander BERGE Alessandro BASTONI 7½ 5 6  Anel AHMEDHODZIC Manuel AKANJI 7½ 6 6½ Jack O'CONNELL Federico VALVERDE 8½ 7 6  Oliver NORWOOD(c) Leroy SANÉ 8  8 6  Ben OSBORN (p)Antoine GRIEZMANN 7½ 9 7½ Oli McBURNIE(p) (f)Victor OSIMHEN 5½ 10 6  John FLECK(f) Marcus RASHFORD 7  11 5½ Rhian BREWSTER Manager Lautaro MARTÍNEZ    12    Enda STEVENS Gabriel MARTINELLI    13    Marcus DEWHURST James MADDISON    14    Kean BRYAN Benjamin PAVARD    15    Ollie ARBLASTER Theo HERNÁNDEZ    16    Ismaila COULIBALY

Sheffield United   League position: 12 Away league form: WLLL Overall league form: WWLLLWLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Sunderland 4 Sheffield United 3 (Half-time: 3-2, Attendance: 85,602, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Grant Hegley 6) Sané 1¹, Hakimi 28¹, Griezmann 35¹, Walker 22² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession McBurnie 29¹, McBurnie 36¹, McBurnie 24²         Akanji 39² Baldock 6¹ 2 1 4 2 5 4 7 4 12 5 19 9 2 1 58% 42% ¶ Man of the match: Kyle Walker ¶