SUNDERLAND. Stoke City conquers Sunderland 5-1 after playing a incredible match. Sunderland lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
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 Jeremy Simpson who was helped by James Wilson and Adrian Waters. The 4th official was Ben Toner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.6 degrees Celsius or 42.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 8 Total 16
- 4 On Target 8
- 2 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 6
- 115 Attack 117
- 41 Dangerous attack 25
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 4
Fouls
- 8 Total 19
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Sunderland had a strong ball possession 56% while Stoke City was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sunderland was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Stoke City succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Sunderland shot 8 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Stoke City shot 16 times, 8 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sunderland received 1 yellow card (Dan Neil). Regarding the opposition, Stoke City received 2 yellow cards (Ben Pearson and Josh Laurent).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Sunderland will stay with 49 points to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Stoke City will have 43 points like Swansea City to sit in the 16th place.
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 stats in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).
Stoke City will play away agasint Watford on the 6th of May with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Sunderland – Formation
Sunderland adopted the 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 , Daniel Neil , Alex Pritchard , Amad Diallo , Patrick Roberts , Jack Clarke and Joe Gelhardt .The home team had on the bench: Abdoullah Ba, Isaac Lihadji, Pierre Ekwah Elimby, Jewison Bennette, Édouard Michut
, Alex Bass and Luke O’Nien .Substitutions
Sunderland made 2 changes: Aji Alese for Luke O’Nien (46′) and J. Gelhardt for Edouard Michut (46′).
Best player: Alex Pritchard
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sunderland was Alex Pritchard.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 36 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 4 crosses.Stoke City – Formation
Also Stoke City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alex Neil played with: Matija Šarkić
, Ki-Jana Hoever , Ben Wilmot , Phil Jagielka , Dujon Sterling , Ben Pearson , Josh Laurent , Jacob Brown , Will Smallbone , Tyrese Campbell and Dwight Gayle .They had on the bench: Jack Bonham
, Lewis Baker , Morgan Fox , Josh Tymon , Nathan Lowe, Conner Taylor and Jordan Thompson .Stoke City could not rely on the presence of M. Fox (injured).
Substitutions
Stoke City made 5 changes: Ben Wilmot for Morgan Fox (26′), Matija Sarkic for Jack Bonham (46′), Ben Pearson for Jordan Thompson (66′), T. Campbell for Josh Tymon (81′) and Josh Laurent for Lewis Baker (81′).
Best player: Tyrese Campbell
The most impressive player for Stoke City was Tyrese Campbell.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 23 passes (43% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 23. He performed 3 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Birmingham City – 1-1
- Watford – Preston North End – 0-0
- Sunderland – Stoke City – 1-5
- Rotherham United – Queens Park Rangers – 3-1
- Millwall – Norwich City – 2-3
- Middlesbrough – Reading – 5-0
- Luton Town – Swansea City – 1-0
- Huddersfield Town – Coventry City – 0-4
- Cardiff City – Bristol City – 2-0
- Blackpool – Burnley – 0-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Sheffield United – 1-0