Preston 0 Sunderland 3: Highlights as Cats reach Championship play-offs after Millwall lose on dramatic day

Sunderland beat Preston 3-0 at Deepdale to secure their place in the Championship play-offs.
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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

SUNDERLAND REACH THE PLAY-OFFS!

Championship play-offs

Luton vs Sunderland

Middlesbrough vs Coventry