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Commentary
The ref books NMECHA for a clumsy tackle.
BRUNO GUIMARÃES knocked the ball to KVARATSKHELIA who flicked it wide.
11¹FRY booked for gamesmanship.
18¹A strike from DANI OLMO held little difficulty for the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
28¹A lovely pass from DANI OLMO was lashed goalbound by KVARATSKHELIA only for the 'keeper to claw away.
33¹A drive from LEA SILIKI seemed a certain goal but VERBRUGGEN managed to parry the ball away.
35¹A free-kick from KERKEZ floated just beyond the far post.
36¹A tame shot from DANI OLMO bounced agonisingly wide.
40¹NMECHA charged through the Sunderland defence but shot straight at VERBRUGGEN.
43¹A accurate pass was collected by KERKEZ and his right foot effort went narrowly wide.
RODRIGO MUNIZ stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
SANÉ headed just wide.
GOAL!! Some neat work by McNAIR on the left, left BRAITHWAITE yards clear, and he pulled away from the Sunderland 'keeper and stroked the ball home. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
KVARATSKHELIA shot wide.
LEA SILIKI ran onto a delightful ball from CROOKS but pulled his shot wide.
12²GOAL!! A shot from KVARATSKHELIA rolled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Middlesbrough 'keeper. (1-1)
18²GRIEZMANN fired a right foot shot inches over from long range.
26²CROOKS beat WALKER and fired the ball to KERKEZ who toe-poked his shot wide.
30²A fine ball from McNAIR on the right was collected by NMECHA who scuffed his effort over.
34²GOAL!! An imaginative GIMÉNEZ played a wonderful ball down the left to HERNÁNDEZ who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Sunderland)
35²A mix up in the Middlesbrough defence enabled SANÉ to volley the ball wide.
37²GRIEZMANN was put clear by SANÉ and he pulled away from the Middlesbrough 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
40²SANÉ made space on the left and dragged the ball to MADDISON who rasped the ball wide.
44²LEA SILIKI dribbled away from BRUNO GUIMARÃES and flicked a weak shot over.

 
Sunderland
 
League position: 5
Home league form: LWLW
Overall league form: WLWXLLWO
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-ups
Bart VERBRUGGEN1Zack STEFFEN
Kyle WALKER2Emil KRAFTH
Theo HERNÁNDEZ3Milos KERKEZ
Federico VALVERDE4Matt CROOKS
José GIMÉNEZ5Patrick McNAIR
Manuel AKANJI6Dael FRY
Leroy SANÉ7YUNUS Akgün
(c)BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez8Martin BRAITHWAITE(c)
(p,f)Antoine GRIEZMANN9RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho(p)
DANI OLMO10James LEA SILIKI(f)
Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA11Lukas NMECHA
Luke MurrayManager
Matthijs DE LIGT  12  Isaiah JONES
Unai SIMÓN  13  Daniel BACHMANN
James MADDISON14  Jonny HOWSON
Jéremy DOKU15  Riley McGREE
Victor OSIMHEN  16  Dan BARLASER
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 14
Away league form: LLLX
Overall league form: WWLWLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sunderland 2 Middlesbrough 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 53,058, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Phil Dowd 6)

Kvaratskhelia 12², Hernández 34²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Braithwaite 4²
Dani OlmoóMaddison 35², KvaratskheliaóDoku 35² 
  
 Nmecha 5¹, Fry 11¹
25
1210
62
43
87
1210
22
51%49%
Man of the match: Kyle Walker