SUNDERLAND. Burnley had a striking comeback against Sunderland.

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 Tim Robinson with the assistance of Paul Hodskinson and Nigel Lugg. The 4th official was Ross Joyce. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.4 degrees Celsius or 59.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Sunderland was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Burnley that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Burnley was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Burnley won the match.​

Sunderland shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Burnley shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sunderland received 1 yellow card (D. Batth). Regarding the opposition, Burnley received 3 yellow cards (J. Gudmundsson, T. Harwood-Bellis and J. Brownhill).

Standings

After this match, Sunderland will stay with 20 points like Birmingham City, Watford and Hull City to gain in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Burnley will have 29 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Sunderland will play away against Huddersfield Town on the 2nd of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Burnley will host Rotherham United on the 2nd of November with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Burnley (0 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 (5.3), Trai Hume (6.1), Luke O’Nien (6.1), Danny Batth (5.8), Dennis Cirkin (6.1), Corry Evans (6.9), Daniel Neil (6.2), Amad Diallo (7.1), Elliot Embleton (7.0), Alex Pritchard (6.6) and Jack Clarke (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jay Matete, Abdoullah Ba (6.6), Leon Dajaku, Bailey Wright, Édouard Michut (6.4), Alex Bass and Jewison Bennette (6.4).

Substitutions

Sunderland made 3 changes: A. Pritchard for J. Bennette (65′), E. Embleton for A. Ba (74′) and C. Evans for E. Michut (75′).

Best player: Amad Diallo​

The most impressive player for Sunderland was Amad Diallo.

His rating is (7.1) with 1 goal, 37 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Burnley – Formation

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

Vincent Kompany played with: Arijanet Murić (6.2), Connor Roberts (6.9), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (6.8), Charlie Taylor (6.6), Vitinho (6.2), Josh Cullen (6.6), Josh Brownhill (8.0), Nathan Tella (7.1), Jóhann Guðmundsson (6.3), Anass Zaroury (7.0) and Ashley Barnes (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Jack Cork (6.9), Halil Dervişoğlu, Jay Rodriguez (6.5), Luke McNally, Samuel Bastien (6.3), Manuel Benson (8.1) and Bailey Peacock-Farrell.

Substitutions

Burnley made 5 changes: A. Barnes for M. Benson (46′), J. Gudmundsson for J. Cork (74′), N. Tella for J. Rodriguez (74′), A. Zaroury for S. Bastien (83′) and T. Harwood-Bellis for L. McNally (89′).

Best player: Manuel Benson​

The most impressive player for Burnley was Manuel Benson.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 12 passes (58% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• Sunderland – Burnley – 2-4
• Stoke City – Coventry City – 0-2
• Sheffield United – Norwich City – 2-2
• Rotherham United – Hull City – 2-4
• Reading – Bristol City – 2-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Wigan Athletic – 2-1
• Millwall – West Bromwich Albion – 2-1
• Middlesbrough – Huddersfield Town – 0-0
• Blackpool – Preston North End – 4-2
• Blackburn Rovers – Birmingham City – 2-1