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
Late change
Big blow for Sunderland.
Ross Stewart is withdrawn from the starting XI and replaced by Patrick Roberts.
Leon Dajaku is promoted to the bench.
What to make of that side
As expected, Sunderland are unchanged from the side which started against Rotherham.
New signing Amad is named on the bench as Trai Hume drops out of the squad.
Other new signings Jewison Bennette, Edouard Michut and Abdoullah Ba aren’t in the matchday 18.
Boro make one change following their defeat at Watford last time out, with Dael Fry replacing the injured Darragh Lenihan.
