SUNDERLAND. Sunderland beats Reading 1-0 after P. Roberts scored just 1 goal (84′). Sunderland was surely superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadium of Light stadium in Sunderland on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Coote with the help of Nicholas Hopton and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Sunny Sukhvir Gill. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 14 Total 11
- 5 On Target 1
- 8 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 106 Attack 107
- 30 Dangerous attack 42
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 8
- 6 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 7 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sunderland had a superior ball possession 66% while Reading was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Reading was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Sunderland managed to find the solution to win this match.
Sunderland shot 14 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Reading shot 11 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Sunderland didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Reading received 2 yellow cards (A. Yiadom and Y. Meïté).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Sunderland will play away against Preston North End on the 6th of May with a 4-0 head to head in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).
Reading will play away agasint Huddersfield Town on the 6th of May with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Reading (6 draws).
Sunderland – Formation
Sunderland
84'
75'
Sunderland started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Tony Mowbray decided to play with the following team: Anthony Patterson , Trai Hume , Daniel Ballard , Danny Batth , Ajibola-Joshua Alese , Édouard Michut , Daniel Neil , Patrick Roberts , Amad Diallo , Jack Clarke and Joe Gelhardt .
The home team had on the bench: Jewison Bennette, Isaac Lihadji , Pierre Ekwah, Luke O’Nien , Alex Bass, Alex Pritchard and Abdoullah Ba.
Substitutions
Sunderland made 5 changes: A. Diallo for Alex Pritchard (65′), J. Gelhardt for Isaac Lihadji (75′), Dan Neil for Luke O’Nien (75′), Jack Clarke for Jewison Bennette (81′) and É. Michut for Abdoullah Ba (81′).
Best player: Patrick Roberts
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sunderland was Patrick Roberts.
His rating is with 1 goal, 52 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.
Reading – Formation
Reading
33'
Reading started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Paul Ince played with: Joe Lumley , Andy Yiadom , Naby Sarr , Amadou Salif Mbengue , Junior Hoilett , Thomas Ince , Tom McIntyre , Jeff Hendrick , Abdul Baba Rahman , Shane Long and Andy Carroll .
These were the players on the bench: Yakou Méïté , Tyrese Fornah, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Dean Bouzanis, Cesare Casadei, Femi Azeez and Scott Dann .
Substitutions
Reading made 4 changes: Ingo Goetze for Yakou Meite (77′), Junior Hoilett for Scott Dann (78′), Abdul-Rahman Baba for Femi Azeez (87′) and T. Mcintyre for Tyrese Fornah (87′).
Best player: Thomas Ince
The player that probably impressed the most for Reading was Thomas Ince.
His rating is with 25 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 9 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Huddersfield Town – 1-0
- Watford – Blackburn Rovers – 1-1
- Sunderland – Reading – 1-0
- Stoke City – Hull City – 0-0
- Sheffield United – Swansea City – 3-0
- Queens Park Rangers – Millwall – 1-2
- Coventry City – Luton Town – 1-1
- Cardiff City – Middlesbrough – 1-3
- Burnley – Preston North End – 3-0
- Bristol City – Norwich City – 1-0
- Blackpool – Rotherham United – 0-0
