Dundee United 0 Sunderland 2: Story of the match after Trai Hume header and Charlie Mulgrew own goal
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fter a goalless first half, Trai Hume opened the scoring with a header for the Black Cats seven minutes after the interval.
United captain Charlie Mulgrew then scored a spectacular own goal to double Sunderland’s lead ten minutes later.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Dundee United 0 Sunderland 2 (Hume, 52) (Mulgrew, own goal, 62)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, Wright (Alese, 65), Cirkin, Evans, Neil, Roberts, Pritchard, Dajaku, Stewart (Diamond, 65)
- Substitutes: Carney, Alese, Batth, O’Nien, Winchester, Matete, Gooch, Embleton, Clarke, Sonha, Diamond, Taylor
- Dundee United XI: Eriksson, Smith, McMann, Mulgrew, Niskanen, Edwards, Sibbald, Meekison, Harkes, Watt, MacLeod
- Subs: Adams, Graham, Clark, Chalmers, Glass, Freeman, Mochrie, Cudjoe, Watson, Duffy, Thompson
DONE DEAL!
We’ll start with yesterday’s transfer news.
Sunderland have completed the signing of left-footed centre-back Aji Alese for an undisclosed fee from West Ham to bolster their defensive options.
The 21-year-old has signed an initial three-year deal on Wearside, with a club option of a further year, and could be involved against Dundee United today.
Alese’s arrival means Sunderland have four first-team centre-backs to choose from, with Alese joining new signing Daniel Ballard, Bailey Wright and Danny Batth.
The Black Cats still have work to do in the transfer market, though, and are prioritising another forward signing, while they are also looking to bring in another goalkeeper to challenge Anthony Patterson.
Sunderland are continuing to monitor Nathan Broadhead’s situation at Everton, yet the striker has travelled with the Toffees squad on their pre-season tour of America.
It’s Matchday!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Sunderland’s pre-season friendly against Dundee United at Tannadice Park.
The Black Cats have four more friendly fixtures ahead of the 2022/23 campaign, with just over two weeks to go until their season opener against Coventry City.
We’ll have all the build-up, action, analysis and more from today’s match.
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