Preston 0 Sunderland 3: Highlights as Cats reach Championship play-offs after Millwall lose on dramatic day
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After a goalless first half, Amad put the visitors ahead with an excellent strike into the top corner.
Substitute Alex Pritchard then added a second before Jack Clarke completed the scoring with a low effort.
After Millwall failed to beat Blackburn, Sunderland moved into the top six and will now face Luton in the play-offs.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Preston 0 Sunderland 3 (Amad, 54) (Pritchard, 61) (Clarke, 65)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Gooch (Anderson, 66), Hume, O’Nien, Cirkin (Pritchard, 45), Neil, Ekwah, Roberts, Amad (Ba, 87), Clarke, Gelhardt (Michut, 72)
- Subs: Bass, Anderson, Michut, Ba, Pritchard, Lihadji, Taylor
- Preston XI: Woodman, Storey, Lindsay, Kamara, Potts, McCann, Ledson, Fernandez, Parrott (Onomah, 56), Delap (Woodburn, 70), Cannon
- Subs: Cornell, Bauer, Slater, Leigh, Woodburn, Onomah, Mawene
13’ Roberts free-kick hits the wall
Sunderland have grown in confidence in the last few minutes.
Amad won a free-kick on the edge of Preston’s box before Roberts’ effort hit the wall and went behind for a corner.
21’ Penalty appeal
Sunderland had just started to string some neat passes together and are now appealing for a penalty.
Gelhardt knocked the ball past Bauer in the Preston box before colliding with the defender.
Nothing given.
23’ Roberts shot saved
Roberts has just forced an excellent save from Woodman after cutting in from the right.
Preston then cleared the corner.
23’ Goals elsewhere
Coventry have taken the lead at Middlesbrough while Swansea have equalised at West Brom.
29’ O’Nien down
Preston have just had a spell of possession and tried to get down the right before O’Nien dispossessed Cannon.
The Sunderland man has stayed down.
33’ Off target from Gooch
Sunderland are getting time on the ball but have struggled to break Preston down when the hosts get into their shape.
Gooch just received the ball on the edge of the opposition’s box but skewed his effort wide.
Now Cirkin has gone down and is receiving treatment.