Swansea 0 Sunderland 0: Highlights after Charlie Patino red card and Anthony Patterson penalty save
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Sunderland were held to a frustrating goalless draw against 10-man Swansea at the Swansea.com Stadium.
Swansea were reduced to ten men in the 30th minute when Arsenal loanee Charlie Patino was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Pierre Ekwah.
Despite the numerical advantage the Black Cats conceded a penalty on the stroke of half-time, yet Anthony Patterson saved Jamal Lowe’s spot kick.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Swansea 0 Sunderland 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, O’Nien, Ballard (Cirkin, 76), Huggins (Dack, 56), Neil (Ba, 79), Ekwah, Roberts, Bellingham (Pritchard, 56), Clarke, Rusyn (Hemir, 56)
- Subs: Young, Seelt, Cirkin, Ba, Pritchard, Aouchiche, Dack, Burstow, Hemir
- Swansea XI: Rushworth, Ashby, Humphreys, Darling, Tymon, Patino, Grimes, Cullen (Fulton, 45), Paterson (Cabango, 78), Lowe, Yates (Cooper, 69)
- Subs: Fisher, Pedersen, Cabango, Naughton, Fulton, Tjoe-A-On, Walsh, Cooper, Congreve
13’ Crunching tackle from Hume
Hume wasn’t backing out there as he went for a 50-50 ball against Grimes.
The Sunderland man came away with possession after sliding in, winning the ball and leaving his opponent on the ground.
9’ Chances for Sunderland
That was the best chance of the game so far after Neil played a one-two with Roberts before the midfielder’s low shot from inside the box was blocked by Darling.
Moments later Ekwah fired an effort over the bar.
7’ Swansea fans want a corner
The Swansea fans are unhappy after the ball appeared to come off Bellingham but the referee awarded a goal kick after Ashby broke down the right.
3’ Over from Neil
Neil fires over from the edge of the box after he was found by Ballard who stepped out of defence and produced a low forward pass.
Clarke then charged down the left moments later but Swansea managed to clear the danger.
2’ How Sunderland have started
Sunderland have started in their usual 4-2-3-1 formation with Bellingham just behind Rusyn.
Swansea are playing with a similar shape.
What to make of those sides
So Sunderland are unchanged following last weekend’s 3-1 win over Norwich, with Nazariy Rusyn keeping his place up front.
Adil Aouchiche returns to the bench following a groin issue, replacing Chris Rigg who is away at the Under-17s World Cup. Goalkeeper Matthew Young is also named on the bench in place of Nathan Bishop.
Eliezer Mayenda isn’t named on the bench despite travelling with the squad to South Wales.
Swansea are also unchanged following their 1-0 win at Blackburn last weekend.
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