Sunderland 1 Ipswich 2 Town: Reaction after Trai Hume red card with late Dan Neil goal not enough for a point
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Sunderland were beaten 2-1 by Ipswich Town at the Stadium of Light in their first Championship game of the season.
Tony Mowbray’s side dominated possession but fell behind on the stroke of half-time as former striker Nathan Broadhead opened the scoring.
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Hide AdGeorge Hurst then added a second for the visitors shortly after the break, before Sunderland defender Trai Hume was sent off for receiving a second yellow card.
Dan Neil did pull a goal back for the hosts in the closing stages but it was too little too late.
Sunderland 1 (Neil, 86) Ipswich 2 (Broadhead, 45+1) (Hurst, 53)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Cirkin (Huggins, 90+10), Neil, Ekwah (Gooch, 87), Roberts, Bellingham (Pritchard, 58), Clarke, Hemir (Ba, 58)
- Subs: Bishop, Triantis, Batth, Gooch, Huggins Rigg, Ba, Bennette, Pritchard
- Ipswich XI: Hladky, Donacien (Ball, 90+6), Woolfenden, Burgess, Burns, Morsy, Luongo, Davis (Leigh, 90+6), Chaplin (Hutchinson, 76), Broadhead (Harness, 73), Hurst (Ladapo, 76)
- Subs: Slicker, Leigh, Ball, Evans, Taylor, Harness, Hutchinson, Jackson, Ladapo
So it’s the same Sunderland team which started their pre-season friendly against Real Mallorca at the Stadium of Light a week ago.
Luke O’Nien returns to the side after he wasn’t named in the squad against Hartlepool in midweek, while Jobe Bellingham will start in the No 10 position.
Danny Batth is on the bench despite transfer interest from Blackburn this summer.
Former Sunderland forward Nathan Broadhead starts for Ipswich despite some injury concerns, while midfielder Massimo Luongo is also in the visitors’ team despite picking up a knock in pre-season.
2’ How Sunderland have started
As expected, Sunderland have started in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Bellinham in the No 10 role.
The hosts have just won a free-kick to the left of Ipswich’s penalty area.
Clarke’s delivery was headed away.
5’ Bright start
Sunderland have gone on the attack from the off here.
They almost created an opening there as Bellingham stepped over Neil’s pass before Clarke’s low cross from the left was parried away by Ipswich keeper Hladky.
Sunderland then won a corner but Clarke’s cross was overhit.
9’ Ipswich trying to play out
Ipswich are trying to play out from the back when the ball is with their goalkeeper, yet Sunderland have pressed well so far.
Bellingham has just been penalised for a foul on Morsy though.
11’ Neil shot blocked
Sunderland have just won another corner after Neil’s shot was blocked.
Clarke’s cross was then headed away.
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