SUNDERLAND. Sunderland conquers Ipswich Town with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored byA. McGeady (90′) and a goal from L. O’Nien (85′). Ipswich Town was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

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 Tom Nield with the collaboration of David Avent and Stephen Wade. The 4th official was Ross Joyce. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ipswich Town was in firm control of the ball 61% while Sunderland was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ipswich Town was putting more pressure with 41 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Sunderland succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Sunderland shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Ipswich Town shot 13 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Sunderland received 4 yellow cards (C. Winchester, R. Stewart, L. Gooch and C. Evans). On the other side, Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card (B. Celina).

Standings

After playing this match, Sunderland will have 31 points like Milton Keynes Dons to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Ipswich Town will stay with 24 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Sunderland will play away against Shrewsbury Town on the 23rd of November with a 2-2 head to head record.

Ipswich Town will host Rotherham United on the 23rd of November with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Rotherham United (1 draw).

Sunderland – Formation

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

The manager Lee Johnson decided to play with the following team: R. Hoffmann, B. Wright, C. Doyle, C. Evans, C. Winchester, L. O’Nien, N. Broadhead, L. Gooch, D. Neil, R. Stewart and Elliot Embleton (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: T. Flanagan, F. Alves, A. Patterson, A. O’Brien, L. Dajaku, Aiden McGeady (7.4) and A. Pritchard.

Substitutions

Sunderland made 3 changes: E. Embleton for A. McGeady (62′), C. Evans for A. Pritchard (76′) and N. Broadhead for L. Dajaku (80′).

Best player: Aiden McGeady​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sunderland was Aiden McGeady.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 6 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.

Ipswich Town – Formation

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

Paul Cook played with: C. Walton, A. Nsiala, J. Donacien, G. Edmundson, B. Clements, Sam Morsy, L. Evans, S. Aluko, M. Bonne, K. Edwards and Bersant Celina (6.8).

They had on the bench: C. Burgess, Scott Fraser (6.1), C. Chaplin, K. Vincent-Young, I. El Mizouni, J. Pigott and V. Hladký.

Substitutions

Ipswich Town made 3 changes: K. Edwards for C. Chaplin (69′), B. Celina for S. Fraser (69′) and M. Bonne for J. Pigott (81′).

Best player: Bersant Celina​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ipswich Town was Bersant Celina.

His rating is (6.8) with 23 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Accrington Stanley – Sheffield Wednesday – 2-3
• Charlton Athletic – Plymouth Argyle – 2-0
• Cheltenham Town – Shrewsbury Town – 2-1
• Crewe Alexandra – Gillingham – 2-0
• Doncaster Rovers – Lincoln City – 0-0
• Fleetwood Town – Morecambe – 1-2
• Milton Keynes Dons – Burton Albion – 1-0
• Portsmouth – AFC Wimbledon – 2-1
• Rotherham United – Cambridge United – 3-1
• Sunderland – Ipswich Town – 2-0
• Wycombe Wanderers – Bolton Wanderers – 1-0