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
15’ Dajaku heads over
Sunderland are starting to find space between the lines, particularly through Embleton.
The playmaker found space in a central position before releasing Cirkin on the left, whose cross was headed over by Dajaku at the back post.
12’ Mansfield pressing high
Just like Sunderland’s recent league opponents Mansfield have looked to press high up the pitch in the early exchanges.
The hosts managed to beat the press there and found space on the edge of the box but O’Brien’s effort was saved.
6’ Goal Mansfield (Oates)
It’s a terrible start for Sunderland.
Burge has looked nervy with the ball at his feet so far and his pass hit Charsley as the hosts looked to play out from the back.
The ball fell for Oatess who converted into an empty net.
1-0 Mansfield.
How Sunderland will start today
Sunderland have made six changes from the side which lost at Sheffield Wednesday last time out, with Everton loanee Nathan Broadhead returning to the starting XI following a hamstring injury.
Lee Burge, Frederik Alves, Bailey Wright, Leon Dajaku, Elliot Embleton have also returned to the side.