Sunderland 1 Gillingham 0: Story of the day after late Nathan Broadhead winner sends Alex Neil's side into the play-off places
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Nathan Broadhead came off the bench to head home a stoppage-time winner when he converted Elliot Embleton’s cross.
The result moved the Black Cats upto sixth in the League One table with six games remaining.
Here’s how the game played out:
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RECAP: Sunderland 1 (Broadhead, 90+5) Gillingham 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Winchester (Gooch, 69), Batth, Wright, Cirkin, Evans, O’Nien (Embleton, 69) , Clarke, Pritchard (Broadhead, 69), Roberts, Stewart
- Subs: Hoffmann, Xhemajli, Neil, Matete, Embleton, Gooch, Broadhead
- Gillingham XI: Chapman, Jackson, Ehmer, Masterson, Tucker, Tutonda, Lee, Chambers (Reeves, 73), Thompson, Oliver, Kelman (Akehurst, 89)
- Subs: Dahlberg, Maghoma, Akehurst, Reeves, Dickson-Peters
45’ YELLOW CARD
That’s the first yellow card for Sunderland after Cirkin sliced down Kelman after Gillingham broke forward on the counter attack.
45’ Pritchard shot blocked
Another shot blocked after Pritchard’s effort from the edge of the box hit Tucker.
There were some shouts for handball but it looked like the ball hit the defender’s body.
40’ YELLOW CARD
A cheap booking for Tutonda who kicked the ball away after he fouled Winchester in the Sunderland box.
It came after Jackson had charged forward on the right and sent a cross into the box which Sunderland dealt with.
38’ YELLOW CARD
Lee is booked for the visitors after stopping a Sunderland break.
Pritchard did well to get the ball under control and release Roberts on the right, before the winger was chopped down.
The subsequent free-kick was cleared.