QPR 1 Sunderland 3: Highlights after Abdoullah Ba and Dan Ballard plus Jack Colback red card
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Sunderland face QPR in the Championship - and we’ve got all the action covered from Loftus Road.
The Black Cats beat Southampton 5-0 before the international break, meaning they have taken seven points from their last three matches.
Despite losing three of their first five league games this season, QPR won 2-0 at Middlesbrough last time out.
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RECAP: QPR 1 (Paal, 12) Sunderland 3 (Cook, own goal, 45) (Ballard, 57) (Ba, 81)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Huggins (Roberts, 45), Neil, Ekwah (Pritchard, 14), Ba, Bellingham (Hemir, 84), Clarke, Burstow (Aouchiche, 61)
- Subs: Bishop, Seelt, Triantis, Rigg, Aouchiche, Roberts, Pritchard, Bennette, Hemir
- QPR XI: Begovic, Kakay, Cook (Clarke-Salter, 74), Fox, Smyth, Colback, Field, Paal (Larkeche, 68), Dozzell, Armstrong (Kolli, 68), Chair (Willock, 68)
- Subs: Walsh, Clarke-Salter, Willock, Dixon-Bonner, Larkeche, Duke-McKenna, Adomah, Kolli, Dykes
Team news
We’ll start with the Sunderland team news.
Patrick Roberts is available again after missing the side’s last two matches against Coventry and Southampton with a minor hamstring injury.
New signing Nazariy Rusyn has also been training after overcoming a groin issue but was still awaiting visa confirmation on Thursday afternoon. The Ukrainian striker is set to travel with the squad to QPR even if he’s unavailable.
Chelsea loanee Mason Burstow and midfielder Adil Aouchiche could make their Black Cats’ debuts after joining the club on transfer deadline day.
Timothee Pembele was Sunderland’s fourth signing on the final day of the transfer window but is still recovering from a cruciate ligament injury.
Aji Alese (groin) and Eliezer Mayenda (hamstring) remain sidelined but could both return before the next international break in October.
Corry Evans and Jay Matete remain sidelined with long-term issues.
It’s Matchday!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Sunderland’s Championship fixture against QPR.
The Black Cats beat Southampton 5-0 before the international break and will be hoping to maintain their momentum at Loftus Road.
We’ll have all the build-up ahead of the match, as well as in-game analysis and post-match reaction.
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