Sunderland 0 Preston 0: Highlights as Tony Mowbray's side are held to goalless draw at Stadium of Light
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The Black Cats dominated possession for large spells and played some neat football between both boxes, yet they couldn’t find a breakthrough.
New signings Amad Diallo, Jewison Bennette and Abdoullah Ba were all brought on in the second half.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Sunderland 0 Preston 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, O’Nien, Batth, Alese, Gooch, Evans (Ba, 60) , Neil, Clarke (Dajaku, 81), Roberts, Embleton (Amad, 60), Pritchard (Bennette, 70)
- Subs: Bass, Wright, Ba, Matete, Dajaku, Bennette, Amad
- Preston XI: Woodman, Storey, Lindsay, Cunningham, Brady (McCann, 86), Whiteman, Browne, Ledson (Woodburn, 72), Fernandez, Evans (Parrott, 68), Riis.
- Subs: Cornell, Diaby, Potts, McCann, Johnson, Woodburn, Parrott.
9’ Off the line!
It’s been a frantic start and Preston almost took the lead there.
Sunderland couldn’t clear a corner and the ball dropped to Evans whose shot appeared to be heading in.
Alese managed to acrobatically clear the striker’s effort off the line.
7’ Wide from Pritchard
More good play from Clarke on the left who beat Storey again before the ball bounced back to Alese, who cut the ball back for Pritchard.
The latter’s side-footed went wide.
6’ Early chance
It’s been a bright start from Sunderland and they could have taken the lead there.
An excellent pass from O’Nien to the left picked out Clarke who took on Storey and sent a low cross into the box.
Woodman parried the ball away.
What to make of that side
So it’s an unchanged Sunderland side to the one which started at Watford last time out.
The only change on the bench sees Bailey Wright return to the squad in place of Trai Hume.
There’s still no place in the matchday 18 for Edouard Michut.
Preston have made four changes following their 2-0 defeat against Sheffield United last time out, with striker Troy Parrott dropping to the bench.
Greg Cunningham, Robbie Brady, Ryan Ledson and Ched Evans are the players who have come into the starting XI.