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Sunderland 3 Birmingham City 1: Highlights after Adil Aouchiche and Jobe Bellingham goals

By Joe Nicholson

Published 11th Nov 2023, 08:00 BST

Updated 11th Nov 2023, 15:29 BST

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Updates, analysis and reaction as Sunderland face Birmingham City in the Championship at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland face Birmingham City at the Stadium of Light - and we've got all the action covered.

The Black Cats were held to a goalless draw at Swansea last weekend and will be looking to get back to winning ways before this month's international break.

Birmingham have endured a challenging few weeks under new boss Wayne Rooney but did hold Ipswich to a 2-2 draw last time out.

We'll have live updates, in-game analysis, post-match reaction and more throughout the day. Stick around and refresh the page to keep up to speed.

LIVE: Sunderland vs Birmingham

Key Events

Sunderland XI: Patterson, Huggins, Hume, Seelt, Triantis, Ekwah, Neil, Clarke (Burstow, 88), Bellingham (Aouchiche, 73), Roberts (Mayenda, 73), Rusyn (Ba, 61)
Subs: Bishop, Taylor, Ba, Aouchiche, Pritchard, Dack, Mayenda, Burstow, Hemir
Birmingham XI: Ruddy, Laird (Oakley, 83), Sanderson, Aiwu, Drameh, James (Dembele, 71), Sunjic, Miyoshi (Gardiner, 83), Bacuna, Burke (Hogan, 77), Stansfield (Jutkiewicz, 77)
Subs: Etheridge, Roberts, Gardiner, Longelo, Oakley, Khela, Dembele, Jutkiewicz, Hogan

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:46 BST

52' Clarke overruns the ball

Clarke wasn't able to keep the ball in play after a run down the left there but Sunderland have started brightly at the start of this second half.

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:41 BST

46' James booked

An early booking for Birmingham at the start of the second half after a foul by James on Clarke.

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:40 BST

SECOND HALF UNDER WAY!

We're back under way

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:26 BST

First-half thoughts from the Stadium of Light

Thoughts on the first half

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:24 BST

HALF-TIME: SUNDERLAND 1 BIRMINGHAM 1

Level at the break.

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:22 BSTUpdated 13:32 BST

45+4' Hume booked

Now Hume has been booked for a foul on Bacuna to stop another Birmingham counter attack.

It came after another hefty challenge from the Birmingham man on Huggins.

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Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:19 BST

45+1' Out of play

Roberts' in-swinging corner from the right goes right across goal.

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:18 BST

FIVE minutes added time

Sunderland have a corner.

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:17 BST

44' Heavy touch from Ekwah

Ekwah's heavy touch allowed Stansfield to take the ball in a dangerous position on the edge of Sunderland's box, yet the Black Cats midfielder managed to get back and make a tackle.

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023, 13:15 BST

41' More good work from Huggins

Birmingham looked set to score again there as Burke broke down the right and cut the ball back for Stansfield.

Huggins did excellently to get back and cut out the pass.

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