Sunderland 4 Hull City 4: Highlights after late Ozan Tufan penalty and Jack Clarke goal
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The Black Cats fell a goal behind when Ozan Tufan opened the scoring after 11 minutes, yet two quickfire goals from Joe Gelhardt and Amad then put Sunderland ahead.
Hull drew level immediately, though, as Allahyar Sayyadmanesh equalised before half-time.
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Hide AdThe visitors then retook the lead courtesy of Regan Slater’s second-half finish, yet Mowbray’s men appeared to be heading for three points after an Amad penalty and Jack Clarke finish nine minutes from time.
That was until Pierre Ekwah conceded a last-minute penalty and Tufan converted from the spot.
RECAP: Sunderland 4 (Gelhardt, 21) (Amad, 22) (Amad, 73) (Clarke, 81) Hull 3 (Tufan, 11) (Sayyadmaensh, 25) (Slater, 66)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Batth, O’Nien, Gooch, Neil, Michut (Ekwah, 75), Roberts, Amad (Pritchard, 75), Clarke, Gelhardt
- Subs: Bass, Cirkin, Anderson, Ekwah, Lihadji, Pritchard, Ba
- Hull XI: Darlow, Greaves, McLoughlin, A Jones, Coyle (Elder, 64), Seri (Ebiowei, 85), Slater, Traore, Pelkas (Doherty, 58), Allahyar (Longman, 85), Tufan
- Subs: Ingram, Elder, Docherty, Ebiowei, Woods, Longman, Simons
How Hull are shaping up
Hull start the day 17th in the Championship table, nine points clear of the relegation zone and 13 points off the play-offs.
The Tigers have won just one of their last nine games, yet five of those matches have ended in draws.
Liam Rosenior’s side will also be without top scorer Oscar Estupinan and forward Aaron Connolly due to injuries.
To find out more, we caught up with Ant Northgraves from the To Hull & Back Podcast on the latest episode of The Roar Podcast.
Mowbray on Hull
Here’s what Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray had to say about today’s opponents and their boss Liam Rosenior.
“Hull City play some great football and Liam is a talented young coach – we have to be ready for a team that are good in possession and overload areas of the pitch.
“The reverse fixture ended in a draw, and with the backing of our home support today, it’s a great opportunity to go for three points.
“We have a chance over this Easter weekend to gain some momentum and make it an exciting end to the season.”
Team news
We’ll start with the Sunderland team news.
Alex Pritchard is available despite missing Sunderland’s open training session with a niggling injury this week.
Dennis Cirkin is also set to be in the squad again following a concussion injury and cameo off the bench against Burnley last week.
Dan Ballard remains sidelined with a hamstring issue, while Ross Stewart, Elliot Embleton, Corry Evans, Aji Alese and Jewison Bennette are out with long-term setbacks.
It’s Matchday!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Sunderland’s Championship fixture against Hull City at the Stadium of Light.
The Black Cats have seven games remaining this season and will be trying to keep their play-off hopes alive over the Easter weekend.
We’ll have all the build-up ahead of today’s match, as well as in-game analysis and post-match-reaction.
Stick around and refresh the page for live updates.