WEST BROMWICH. Sunderland conquers West Bromwich Albion 1-0 after P. Ekwah scored just 1 goal (45′).
The match was played at the The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 25,366 spectators. The referee was Matt Donohue with the assistance of Paul Hodskinson and Nigel Lugg. The 4th official was Jeremy Simpson. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.38 degrees Celsius or 59.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 8 Total 9
- 3 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 2
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 86 Attack 83
- 39 Dangerous attack 39
- 77 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 5
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 12
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. West Bromwich Albion was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sunderland that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
West Bromwich Albion was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Sunderland succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
West Bromwich Albion shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sunderland shot 9 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
West Bromwich Albion received 4 yellow cards (Cédric Kipré, Darnell Furlong, Jed Wallace and Brandon Thomas-Asante). On the other side, Sunderland received 3 yellow cards (Trai Hume, Callum Styles and A. Alese).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, West Bromwich Albion stays with 72 points to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Sunderland will has 56 points to remain in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion will play away with Leicester City on the 20th of April with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (3 draws).
Sunderland will host Millwall on the 20th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Sunderland (4 draws).
West Bromwich Albion – Formation
West Bromwich Albion started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: Alex Palmer
, Darnell Furlong , Kyle Bartley , Cédric Kipré , Conor Townsend , N. Chalobah , Alex Mowatt , T. Fellows , G. Diangana , Mikey Johnston and Brandon Thomas-Asante .The home team had on the bench: John Swift
, Adam Reach , Yann M’Vila, Okay Yokuşlu, Semi Ajayi , Jed Wallace , M. Phillips , Andreas Weimann and Joshua Griffiths.Substitutions
West Bromwich Albion made 5 changes: N. Chalobah for Adam Reach (46′), Kyle Bartley for Semi Ajayi (46′), G. Diangana for Jed Wallace (61′), Mikey Johnston for John Swift (62′) and Conor Townsend for M. Phillips (67′).
Player of the match: Darnell Furlong
The player that probably impressed the most for West Bromwich Albion was Darnell Furlong.
His rating is
with 37 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11.Sunderland – Formation
Sunderland started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Mike Dodds played with: Anthony Patterson
, Trai Hume , Daniel Ballard , Luke O’Nien , T. Pembélé , P. Ekwah , Dan Neil , Callum Styles , C. Rigg , Jobe Bellingham and Jack Clarke .They had on the bench: Luís Semedo, P. Roberts
, M. Burstow, R. Mundle, Abdoullah Ba, A. Aouchiche, N. Bishop, A. Alese and B. Dack.Substitutions
Sunderland made 3 changes: T. Pembélé for A. Alese (71′), C. Rigg for P. Roberts (71′) and Jack Clarke for Abdoullah Ba (90′).
Player of the match: P. Ekwah
The most impressive player for Sunderland was P. Ekwah.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 35 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Sunderland – 0-1
- Swansea City – Rotherham United – 1-0
- Southampton – Watford – 3-2
- Sheffield Wednesday – Stoke City – 1-1
- Preston North End – Norwich City – 0-1
- Millwall – Cardiff City – 3-1
- Leeds United – Blackburn Rovers – 0-1
- Ipswich Town – Middlesbrough – 1-1
- Hull City – Queens Park Rangers – 3-0
- Bristol City – Huddersfield Town – 1-1
- Birmingham City – Coventry City – 3-0