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Commentary
BIERETH's shot was well saved by the Reading 'keeper.
A tame shot from BALLO bounced agonisingly wide.
11¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming LUNEV.
14¹A useful ball from BIERETH on the right found KONE who sliced his shot wide.
18¹The 'keeper saved a glorious effort from KONE.
20¹GOAL!! The Reading 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from GUSTO and BIERETH managed to stab the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Sunderland)
21¹O'RILEY's shot was well held by PATTERSON.
23¹A cross from GOOCH left BIERETH in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
27¹BIERETH shot wide.
29¹BIERETH headed just wide.
35¹A corner bobbled toward MATONDO who nodded an effort over the bar.
37¹The motionless PATTERSON was a mere bystander as a backpass from WATSON fell just wide.
DYBALA stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
11²BAKER made space on the right and dragged the ball to BALLO who fired the ball wide.
17²O'RILEY worked the ball to INCE, McINTYRE controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of PATTERSON.
22²BIERETH dribbled past McINTYRE and rattled a weak shot past the post.
23²An exceptional shot from BALLO was dealt with by a good block from the Sunderland 'keeper.
27²The 'keeper saved a refined strike from BIERETH.
30²A cynical foul on BIERETH by BAKER results in a booking.
40²A great effort from HENDRICK scraped the upright.
43²BAKER ran onto a great ball from INCE but hit his shot wide.
46²A strike from GOOCH held little difficulty for the 'keeper.

 
Sunderland
 
League position: 12
Home league form: OWXW
Overall league form: LOWLLXXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Anthony PATTERSON1Andrei LUNEV
Jordan BEYER2Malo GUSTO
Dennis CIRKIN3Arthur MASUAKU
Didier N'DONG4Matt O'RILEY
Torbjørn HEGGEM5Malang SARR
Nathaniel PHILLIPS6Tom McINTYRE
Lynden GOOCH7Tom INCE
Rabbi MATONDO8Lewis BAKER
(p)Mika BIERETH9Thierno BALLO(p)
(f)Tom WATSON10Jeff HENDRICK(f)
Richard KONE11Paulo DYBALA(c)
Manager
Aidomo EMAKHU  12  Max AARONS
Mads HERMANSEN  13  Cican STANKOVIC
Abdoullah BA  14  Tyler BLACKETT
Jay MATETE  15  Michael MORRISON
Will LANKSHEAR16  Nesta GUINNESS-WALKER
 
Reading
 
League position: 4
Away league form: WLXL
Overall league form: WWLWXLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Sunderland go through to the next round
Statistics
Sunderland 1 Reading 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 23,706, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Paul Taylor 6)

Biereth 20¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
PhillipsóLankshear 34² 
  
 Baker 30²
34
89
23
103
810
1813
73
51%49%
Man of the match: Mika Biereth