Sunderland 0 Mansfield Town 1: Story of the day Cats crash out of the FA Cup after Rhys Oates goal at the Stadium of Light
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Stags striker Rhys Oates scored the only goal of the game after six minutes, capitalising on an error from Sunderland goalkeeper Lee Burge.
Lee Johnson made four substitutions at half-time, yet his side still struggled to create chances as their League Two opponents progressed to the next round.
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Hide AdIt's the second year running that Mansfield have beaten Sunderland in the FA Cup after The Stags claimed a 1-0 win at the Stadium of Light last year.
The Black Cats won’t have another league game until November, 20 after their game against Lincoln was postponed due to international call-ups.
Sunderland’s next game will come in the Papa John’s Trophy against Bradford next week.
Here’s how the game against Mansfield played out.
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RECAP: Sunderland 0 Mansfield 1 (Oates, 6)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Burge, Alves (Winchester, 45), Wright, Flanagan (Doyle, 45), Cirkin (O’Nien, 72), Evans, Neil, Dajaku (Gooch, 45), Embleton, O’Brien (Pritchard, 45) , Broadhead
- Subs: Hoffmann, Doyle, Gooch, O’Nien, Winchester, Taylor, Pritchard, Younger, Harris
- Mansfield XI: Bishop, Hewitt, Hawkins, O’Toole, McLaughlin, Lapsile (Sinclair, 84), Clarke, Maris, Quinn, Charsley, Oates (Bowery, 63)
- Subs: Bowery, Johnson, Shelvey, Burke, Sinclair, Ward, Clarke, Forrester, Law
74’ Where O’Nien has fitted in
Neil has now gone to left-back following Cirkin’s withdrawal, with O’Nien going into midfield.
69’ Sunderland moves breaking down
Sunderland now have multiple playmakers on the pitch but the side still looks disjointed.
They are trying to play out from the back but moves are often breaking down in midfield.
58’ Sunderland match Mansfield up
Looks like Sunderland have matched Mansfield up with a diamond in midfield.
Neil and Embleton are playing just ahead of Evans, with Pritchard at the tip of the diamond, and Broadhead and Gooch ahead of them.
Sunderland have still struggled to get their passing game going since the restart.
51’ Neil’s shot goes wide
Sunderland haven’t had many efforts at goal.
They did work the ball into a dangerous position there but Neil skewed his effort wide.
49’ Wright booked
The away fans were calling for a red card as Wright pulled back Charsley.
There were defenders back to cover so it was only a yellow.