Port Vale 1 Sunderland AFC 2 RECAP: Josh Hawkes and Aiden O'Brien goals see Cats progress in Carabao Cup after partial floodlight failure

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The Black Cats boss made eight changes to his side following the weekend’s 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic in League One, as seveval younger members of the squad received an opportunity to impress against the League Two side.

Goals from Josh Hawkes and Aiden O’Brien, from the penalty spot, saw the visitors progress before Port Vale striker Jamie Proctor pulled one back for the hosts midway through the second half.

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RECAP: Port Vale 1 (Proctor, 67) Sunderland 2 (Hawkes, 40) (O’Brien, 49)

Key Events

Sunderland XI: Patterson, Younger, Flanagan, Wright, Taylor, O’Nien, Neil, Hawkes, Diamond, Pritchard, O’Brien
Subs: Burge, Doyle, Evans, Gooch, McGeady, Grigg, Stewart
Port Vale XI: Stone, Jones, Walker, Legge, Smith, Worrall, Garrity, Wilson, Benning, Proctor, Pett
Subs: Gibbons, Hurst, Johnson, Martin, Amoo, Cass, Bailey

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 21:20 BST

74’ Final change for Sunderland

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 21:18 BSTUpdated 21:21 BST

72’ Game stopped

A floodlight has gone out and play has been stopped.

“We’re Port Vale, we’ll play in the dark,’ chant the home fans.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 21:13 BSTUpdated 21:19 BST

67’ Goal for Port Vale

The hosts are back in it after Worrall was released on the right and crossed for Proctor who bundled the ball home after getting ahead of Wright and Flanagan.