Middlesbrough 1 Sunderland 0 Highlights after Riley McGree goal and Ross Stewart injury blow
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Boro’s Riley McGree scored the only goal of the game in the 25th minute when he converted Ryan Giles’ low cross.
Sunderland suffered a big injury blow before the match as top scorer Ross Stewart was forced to withdraw from the starting XI due to an injury.
The Black Cats will now prepare for Saturday’s home game against Millwall.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Middlesbrough 1 (McGree, 25) Sunderland 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, O’Nien, Batth, Cirkin (Wright, 75), Gooch (Dajaku, 75), Evans, Neil, Clarke, Pritchard (Embleton, 67), Roberts (Amad,67), Simms
- Subs: Bass, Alese, Wright, Matete, Embleton, Dajaku, Amad
- Middlesbrough XI: Roberts, McNair (Dijksteel, 50), Fry, Clarke, Jones, Howson, Mowatt (Bola, 89), Crooks, Giles, McGree (Watmore, 68), Muniz (Smith, 89)
- Subs: Daniels, Dijksteel, Smith, Bola, McGree, Hoppe, Forss
45+2’ Appeals for a penalty
There are appeals for a penalty from the Sunderland players as Howson clips Roberts on the edge of the box.
It was outside the area but it looked like the Boro man clipped him.
45+1’ Another chance
McGree could have score more than one here.
He would have been in on goal again there if he hadn’t taken a heavy touch after Giles’ lofted pass.
42’ Another chance for Boro
A comfortable save for Patterson after McGree played a one-two with Crooks but hit his low shot straight at the keeper.
39’ Matt Clarke and Pritchard booked
Pritchard has been in the thick of the action in the last few minutes.
After drawing a foul from Matt Clarke, which saw the Boro man booked, Pritchard then brought down Jones and was shown a yellow card himself.
38’ McNair booked
McNair and Pritchard have had a few tangles now.
The Boro man has now been booked after catching the Sunderland playmaker.
34’ A sustained period of possession
Sunderland have just started to see more of the ball since the goal, even if it’s mostly been in their own half.
Clarke just got a bit sloppy there, though, as the wideman was acught on the ball by Jones.
Sunderland managed to get players back to stop Boro’s attack.
