Sunderland 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0: Story of the night as Ross Stewart goal puts Cats ahead in League One play-off semi-final
Sunderland will take a 1-0 first-leg lead to Sheffield Wednesday after Ross Stewart scored the only goal of the game at the Stadium of Light.
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Sunderland had chances to double their lead in the second half as Alex Pritchard hit the crossbar.
The hosts were also forced to defend their advantage in the closing stages but held onto their clean sheet.
Here’s how the match played out:
RECAP: Sunderland 1 (Stewart, 45) Sheffield Wednesday 0
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Job half done. Onto Monday.
90+3’ Stewart doing his defensive work
Stewart clears Bannan’s in-swinging corner.
Important intervention from the striker.
90+2’ Big block from Batth
Wednesday are applying more pressure but Batth has just made an excellent block to deny Windass.
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