Morecambe 0 Sunderland 1: Story of the day as Cats set up League One play-off against Sheffield Wednesday after Nathan Broadhead winner
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Nathan Broadhead scored the only goal of the game in the 10th minute after he was sent through on goal by Corry Evans.
Broadhead was then forced off with an injury before half-time and was replaced by Jack Clarke.
Sunderland will now face Sheffield Wednesday in the play-offs.
Here’s how it played out at the Mazuma Stadium:
RECAP: Morecambe 0 Sunderland 1 (Broadhead, 10)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Wright, Batth, O’Nien, Gooch, Evans, Embleton, Roberts, Pritchard (Neil, 83), Broadhead (Clarke, 26), Stewart (Matete, 73)
- Subs: Hoffmann, Xhemajli, Hume, Matete, Neil, Clarke, McGeady
- Morecambe XI: Carson, Cooney, Bedeau, Bennett, Gibson, Fane (Diagouraga, 71), Phillips, Wildig, Connolly (Obika, 84), Stockton, Gnahoua (Ayunga, 67)
- Subs: Smith, O’Connor, Diagouraga, Obika, Ayunga, McLoughlin, McAlmont
24’ Game resumes
Evans is back on his feet now and play has resumed.
Hang on, now Broadhead has gone down.
23’ Evans down
Evans has gone down near the centre circle and is now receiving treatment.
Hopefully this isn’t serious.
18’ Gooch on the cover
Good covering from Gooch who tucked inside from the wing-back role to clear Connolly’s cross from the right.
O’Nien then booted the ball away, prompting calls to calm things down from Neil.
It’s quite frantic at the moment.
12’ YELLOW CARD
The first yellow card of the match is shown to Morecambe midfielder Phillips after a foul on Embleton.
Pritchard’s free-kick went just wide.
Sheffield Wednesday are also 1-0 down against Portsmouth.
10’ GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! BROADHEAD!!!
What a start!
Just after Sunderland started to have a sustained spell of possession Evans split the home defence to release Broadhead, who side-footed the ball past Carson.
1-0!
3’ Home fans not happy
The home fans were calling for an early yellow card after fouls from Embleton and O’Nien.
Morecambe look up for this and won the first corner of the match when Phillips’ free-kick was headed behind by Wright.