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SUNDERLAND. Sunderland recovers against Watford with a goal on the C. Kabasele 17′ and a goal on the R. Porteous 69′. Sunderland was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (70%)​

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 Gavin Ward with the assistance of Mark Dwyer and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was Thomas Parsons. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.3 degrees Celsius or 46.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sunderland had a strong ball possession 70% while Watford was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sunderland had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Sunderland to win the match​.

Sunderland shot 25 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Watford shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Sunderland received 4 yellow cards (Jack Clarke, Luke O’Nien, A. Diallo and ). Regarding the opposition, Watford received 3 yellow cards (Hamza Choudhury, R. Porteous and Keinan Davis).

Standings

After this contest, Sunderland will have 66 points like West Bromwich Albion to remain in the 7th place. On the other side, Watford will have 60 points to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Sunderland will play away with Preston North End on the 8th of May with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).

Watford will host Stoke City on the 8th of May with a 6-5 head to head statistic 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 (6.4), Lynden Gooch (6.2), Trai Hume (7.4), Luke O’Nien (7.4), Dennis Cirkin (6.4), Daniel Neil (6.6), Pierre Ekwah (6.8), Patrick Roberts (6.7), Amad Diallo (7.0), Jack Clarke (6.1) and Joe Gelhardt (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Alex Bass, Ellis Taylor, Édouard Michut (6.5), Isaac Lihadji, Joseph Anderson, Abdoullah Ba (6.4) and Alex Pritchard (6.9).

Substitutions

Sunderland made 3 changes: P. Ekwah for Alex Pritchard (58′), J. Gelhardt for Abdoullah Ba (75′) and Dan Neil for Edouard Michut (75′).

Best player: Luke O’Nien​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sunderland was Luke O’Nien.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 71 passes (98% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He hit the woodwork once times.

Watford – Formation

Also Watford adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Chris Wilder played with: Daniel Bachmann (7.1), Ryan Andrews (6.7), Ryan Porteous (7.5), Christian Kabasele (7.2), Hassane Kamara (6.6), Hamza Choudhury (6.9), Imrân Louza (7.8), Ismaïla Sarr (7.1), Yaser Asprilla (6.4), Ken Sema (6.3) and Keinan Davis (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: James Morris, Ben Hamer, Jeremy Ngakia, Henrique Araújo, Wesley Hoedt, Ismael Koné and Leandro Bacuna (6.2).

Watford could not rely on the presence of Jeremy Ngakia (injured).

Substitutions

Watford made 3 changes: Yaser Asprilla for Leandro Bacuna (58′), Ismaïla Sarr for Jeremy Ngakia (82′) and R. Andrews for Wesley Hoedt (88′).

Best player: Imrân Louza​

The most impressive player for Watford was Imrân Louza.

His rating is (7.8) with 33 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Norwich City – 2-1
• Sunderland – Watford – 2-2
• Stoke City – Queens Park Rangers – 0-1
• Sheffield United – Preston North End – 4-1
• Reading – Wigan Athletic – 1-1
• Hull City – Swansea City – 1-1
• Coventry City – Birmingham City – 2-0
• Bristol City – Burnley – 1-2