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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
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Sunderland suffered their third defeat in a row as they were beaten 2-1 at Cheltenham Town
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
47’ Bright start to the second half
‘Ha’way the lads,’ chant the travelling fans.
Sunderland have started the second half brightly and Pritchards cross was headed away.
38’ Important block from Batth
Cheltenham broke forward there through Etete before the ball dropped to Bonds on the edge of the box.
Batth threw himself at the shot to make an important block.
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