Stoke City 0 Sunderland 1: Highlights after Ross Stewart goal gives Cats win at the bet365 Stadium
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After a slow start, the Black Cats took the lead on the stroke of half-time when Ross Stewart’s finish beat goalkeeper Joe Bursik.
Sunderland then defended admirably in the second half, while still posing a threat on the break.
The result means Neil’s side have taken eight points from their first five Championship fixtures this season.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Stoke 0 Sunderland 1 (Stewart, 45)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, O’Nien (Wright, 45), Batth, Cirkin, Gooch, Matete (Evans, 45), Embleton, Clarke, Pritchard, Stewart, Simms
- Subs: Bass, Hume, Wright, Alese, Evans, Diamond, Roberts
- Stoke XI: Bursik, Taylor, Jagielka, Wilmot, Fosu, Kilkenny (Campbell, 68), Baker, Smallbone (Clucas, 68), Thompson, Delap (Wright-Phillips, 75), Brown (Gayle, 60)
- Subs: Bonham, Fox, Flint, Clucas, Wright-Phillips, Campbell, Gayle
74’ Chance for Embleton
He had to hit the target there.
It was good work from Simms to knock the ball back to Embleton in the box yet the latter sent his shot wide from inside the area.
72’ A change of shape
Looks like Stoke are now playing with a 3-4-3 system with Gayle, Campbell and Delap up front.
They have plenty of firepower on the pitch now.
63’ Clarke booked
Now Clarke is booked for colliding with a Stoke player.
It’s eight yellow cards in total now.
60’ First change for Stoke
Brown makes way for Dwight Gayle.
There are boos from the away end as the ex-Newcastle man comes on.
59’ Brown booked
The home fans weren’t happy after Brown and Wright collided following Wilmot’s forward pass.
Brown was still agitated as he brought down Cirkin moments later and was subsequently booked.
54’ Just wide from Simms
That could have been 2-0.
An excellent pass from Pritchard on the left with the outside of his boot sent Simms through on goal.
The striker cut back inside of Wilmot before curling a low shot wide.
Moments later Evans tried his luck from distance after the ball bounced up, forcing Bursik to make a save.