Sunderland 1 Lincoln City 3: Story of the night as Chris Maguire scores hat-trick plus Carl Winchester and Lee Johnson are sent off
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Former Black Cats forward Chris Maguire scored a hat-trick and celebrated his opening goal in front of Sunderland boss Lee Johnson.
Carl Winchester was sent off for the hosts after conceding a penalty - which Maguire converted to make it 2-0.
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Hide AdRoss Stewart did pull a goal back from the spot for Sunderland, before Maguire sealed the match with his third.
Here’s how it played out:
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RECAP: Sunderland 1 (Stewart, 68) Lincoln 3 (Maguire, 31, 57, 75)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Winchester, Flanagan, Doyle, Cirkin (Hume, 64), Neil, Embleton, Gooch, Diamond (O’Brien, 64), Pritchard (Hawkes, 80), Stewart
- Subs: Carney, Younger, Xhemajli, Taylor, Hume, Hawkes, O’Brien
- Lincoln XI: Griffiths, Eyoma, Poole, Sanders, Bramall, McGrandles, Bishop, Fiorini, Adelakun (Sorensen, 76), Whittaker (Robson, 86), Maguire
- Subs: Long, Melbourne, Sorensen, Robson
75’ Goal! Maguire hat-trick!
That should be that.
Sunderland were caught on the break as Gooch mis-kicked a shot following a corner.
Adelakun raced forward with the ball before setting up Maguire who beat Patterson with a neat finish.
3-1.
70’ Off the line!
Two big chances for Sunderland.
First Stewart’s looping header was cleared off the line by Poole.
Moments later Embleton’s low shot was tipped wide by Griffiths.
57’ Maguire scores! 2-0
Maguire hammers the ball past Patterson to the keeper’s right.
Patterson went the right way but couldn’t get near it.
56’ Penalty to Lincoln
Winchester brings down Maguire in the area and the referee points straight to the spot and sends Winchester off.
53’ Penalty appeal turned down
Sunderland appealed for a penalty after Cirkin’s pass over the top for Stewart appeared to hit Poole on the arm.
Nothing given.