Sunderland 2 Watford 0: Highlights after Niall Huggins and Abdoullah Ba goals plus Ryan Andrews red card
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Sunderland recorded their fifth win in six games after a 2-0 victory over Watford at the Stadium of Light – but who stood out for Tony Mowbray’s side?
The Black Cats took a first-half lead when Niall Huggins made an excellent run into the opposition’s penalty area before beating goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann with a powerful finish.
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Hide AdAfter withstanding some early pressure at the start of the second half, Sunderland scored a second in the 62nd minute when Abdoullah Ba headed home from close range.
Watford were then reduced to 10 men three minutes from time when substitute Ryan Andrews was shown a straight red card for a late tackle on Jack Clarke.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Sunderland 2 (Huggins, 43) (Ba, 62) Watford 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, O’Nien, Ballard, Huggins, Neil, Bellingham, Clarke, Ba, Roberts, Burstow
- Subs: Bishop, Seelt, Triantis, Rigg, Aouchiche, Taylor, Bennette, Hemir, Rusyn
- Watford XI: Bachmann, Ngakia, Sierralta, Hoedt, Porteous, Lewis, Louza, Chakvetadze, Dele-Bashiru, Ince, Bayo
- Subs: Hamer, Andrews, Livermore, Kone, Pollock, Kayembe, Asprilla, Rajovic, Healey
87’ Red card Watford (Andrews)
Andrews is shown a straight red card for a late tackle on Clarke.
Watford are down to 10 men.
84’ Aouchiche’s free-kick hits the wall
Aouchiche tried to dink his free-kick over the wall but couldn’t get it high enough.
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