English FA Cup

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Port Vale stun Sunderland in FA Cup upset to reach first quarterfinal in 72 years

League One strugglers Port Vale are into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup for the first time in more than 72 years after boyhood Newcastle fan Ben Waine scored to stun Premier League Sunderland 1-0.

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Highlights

00:46 How Port Vale caused FA Cup upset over Sunderland Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

SUN leads series 3-0

Lineups

PTV · 5-4-1

  1. 46Joe GauciG
  2. 25Cameron HumphreysCD
  3. 5Connor HallCD-L
  4. 24Kyle JohnCD-R
  5. 15Liam GordonLB
  6. 6Jordan Lawrence-GabrielRB
  7. 14Funso OjoCM-L
  8. 12Rhys WaltersCM-R
  9. 11Ethon ArcherLM
  10. 19Ben WaineRM
  11. 10Dajaune BrownF

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31Melker EllborgG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 5Danny BallardCD-R
  4. 13Luke O'NienLB
  5. 6Lutsharel GeertruidaRB
  6. 11Chris RiggAM
  7. 28Enzo Le FéeLM
  8. 19Habib DiarraRM
  9. 12Eliezer MayendaF
  10. 7Chemsdine TalbiAM-L
  11. 10Nilson AnguloAM-R

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Port Vale 1, Sunderland 0. Ben Waine (Port Vale) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dajaune Brown following a corner.
  2. 30' Dajaune Brown (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Port Vale. Tyler Magloire replaces Cameron Humphreys.
  4. 54' Ben Waine (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 57' Substitution, Port Vale. George Hall replaces Ethon Archer.
  6. 57' Substitution, Port Vale. Andre Gray replaces Dajaune Brown.
  7. 61' Melker Ellborg (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 68' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Chemsdine Talbi.
  9. 81' Substitution, Port Vale. Elijah Campbell replaces Liam Gordon.
  10. 83' Substitution, Sunderland. Granit Xhaka replaces Chris Rigg.
  11. 88' Substitution, Port Vale. Grant Ward replaces Ben Waine.

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