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
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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
75’ Patrick Roberts is ON
Leon Dajaku makes way for Roberts.
It’s Sunderland’s first change of the match.
71’ Over from Bonds
Cheltenham have the momentum at the moment.
They had another chance to take the lead there as Bonds fired a shot over the bar from the edge of the box.
64’ Goal Cheltenham (Bonds)
Sunderland didn’t do enough to extend their lead and now they have been punished.
Bonds’ shot from the edge of the box deflected off Evans and over Patterson.
1-1.
