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Cheltenham Town 2 Sunderland 1 RECAP: Story of the night as Elliot Bonds and Alfie May goals give hosts win after Alex Pritchard free-kick
Sunderland suffered their third defeat in a row as they were beaten 2-1 at Cheltenham Town
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The Black Cats took a first-half lead when Alex Pritchard converted an excellent free-kick, yet the visitors couldn’t make their advantage count.
Second-half goals from Cheltenham’s Elliot Bonds and Alfie May turned the game on its head.
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Hide AdSunderland right-back Trai Hume made his debut for the club, while Jay Matete and Jack Clarke were handed their first starts.
Here’s how the game played out:
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RECAP: Cheltenham Town 2 (Bonds, 64) (May, 78) Sunderland 1 (Pritchard, 32)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Batth, Doyle, Cirkin, Matete, Evans, Dajaku (Roberts, 75), Pritchard, Clarke (Defoe, 80), Stewart
- Subs: Carney, Xhemajli, Winchester, Neil, Roberts, Embleton, Defoe
- Cheltenham XI: Evans, Raglan, Pollock, Boyle, Blair, Ramsey (Sercombe, 72), Bonds, Colkett (Wright, 60), Williams (Freestone, 80), Etete, May
- Subs: Flinders, Freestone, A. Williams, Wright, Sercombe, Hutchinson, Soule
88’ Roberts booked for diving
The Sunderland playmaker went down in the box but was subsequently booked for a dive.
Matete has also been booked.
86’ Defoe shot saved
That was inviting for the striker as he ran onto the ball inside the box, but his low effort was saved.
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