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Sunderland 1 MK Dons 2: Story of the day as Connor Wickham scores winner after Ross Stewart and Mo Eisa goals
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Sunderland were beaten 2-1 by promotion rivals MK Dons at the Stadium of Light.
After a goalless first half, The Dons went ahead three minutes after the interval when Mo Eisa was sent through on goal and beat Anthony Patterson with a low finish.
Ross Stewart headed Sunderland level just before the hour mark, yet former Cats striker Connor Wickham came off the bench to score the winner.
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Hide AdThe result means Sunderland have won just one of their last nine games and slipped out of the play-off places.
Here’s how the game played out:
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RECAP: Sunderland 1 (Stewart, 59) MK Dons 2 (Eisa, 48) (Wickham, 76)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Winchester, Wright, Doyle, Cirkin, Evans (Roberts, 79), Matete, Neil (Embleton, 56), Pritchard, Dajaku (Clarke, 56), Stewart
- Subs: Hoffmann, Xhemajli, Hume, Clarke, Roberts, Embleton, Defoe
- MK Dons XI: Cumming, Lewington, Darling, O’Hora, Watson (Kesler, 87), McEachran (Kasumu, 62), Coventry, Harvie, Twine, Eisa (Wickham, 73), Parrott
- Subs: Ravizzoli, Smith, Kasumu, Corbeanu, Boateng, Kesler, Wickham
Other games off in League One called off
Three League One matches have been postponed in League One today due to the weather.
They include:
Crewe vs Portsmouth
Fleetwood vs Lincoln
Shrewsbury vs Morecambe
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