Crewe 0 Sunderland 4: Story of the night following Terell Thomas own goal, Ross Stewart double and Leon Dajaku strike
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After a bit of a shaky start, the Black Cats took a two-goal lead before half-time following a Terrell Thomas own goal and Ross Stewart header.
Stewart added his second goal of the match from a corner after the break, before substitute Leon Dajaku netted a fourth.
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Hide AdThe result means Lee Johnson’s side have moved up to second in the table, and have two games in hand on Plymouth ahead of them.
Here’s how the game played out.
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RECAP: Crewe 0 Sunderland 4 (Thomas, OG, 25) (Stewart, 32, 55) (Dajaku, 73)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Hoffmann, Winchester, Flanagan, Doyle, Cirkin (Hume, 65), O’Nien, Neil, McGeady (Wright, 75), Pritchard (Dajaku, 58), O’Brien, Stewart
- Subs: Burge, Younger, Wright, Hume, Dajaku, Wearne, Harris
- Crewe XI: Jaaskelainen, Ramsey, Thomas, Offord, Daniels, McFadzean, Murphy, Long (Gomes, 60), Robertson, Bennett (Kashket, 60), Mandron
- Subs: Richards, Adebisi, Finney, Gomes, Sass-Davies, Kashket, Porter
Sunderland won their first corner of the match after some good work by McGeady and Pritchard on the left.
Pritchard’s delivery from the corner was met by the head of Flanagan whose header was tipped over by the keeper.
6’ Wing-backs for Crewe
Crewe have started in a 3-4-3 system with McFadzean and Ramsay as the wing-backs.
No clear-cut chances so far, although Stewart has just sent a low cross into the box which was cleared.
