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
90+13’ Neil denied
Right at the end it looked like Sunderland had salvaged something.
Huggins’ cross was met by Neil on the volley inside the box but Hladky tipped the ball onto the post.
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