English Carabao Cup

Queens Park Rangers vs Sunderland, 2016-17 English Football League Cup, Football League Cup - Third Round

· English Carabao Cup
Queens Park Rangers
  • 60': Sandro
FT
1 - 2
Sunderland
  • 70': Paddy McNair
  • 80': Paddy McNair

Paddy McNair brace helps Sunderland rally for cup win at QPR

Paddy McNair scored twice and Patrick van Aanholt returned to action as Sunderland beat QPR 2-1 to reach the fourth round of the EFL Cup.

Match Timeline

  • 60': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Sunderland 0. Sandro (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joel Lynch following a corner.
  • 69': Substitution, Sunderland. Donald Love replaces Jason Denayer.
  • 69': Substitution, Sunderland. Josh Maja replaces Joel Asoro.
  • 69': Substitution, Sunderland. Lee Cattermole replaces Lynden Gooch.
  • 70': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Sunderland 1. Paddy McNair (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Duncan Watmore.
  • 74': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Sebastian Polter replaces Idrissa Sylla.
  • 79': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Massimo Luongo replaces Conor Washington.
  • 80': Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Sunderland 2. Paddy McNair (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 85': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Tjaronn Chery replaces Jordan Cousins.

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: MATRADE Loftus Road
Location: London, England
Attendance: 14,301

Line-Ups

QPR Queens Park Rangers (4-5-1)

No. Name
13 Matt Ingram (GK)
22 Steven Caulker
6 Joel Lynch
38 Niko Hamalainen
34 Osman Kakay
15 Pawel Wszolek
8 Jordan Cousins
30 Sandro
19 Abdenasser El Khayati
40 Idrissa Sylla
9 Conor Washington
Queens Park Rangers Substitutes:
Massimo Luongo, Sebastian Polter, Tjaronn Chery, Nedum Onuoha, Chris Paul, Alex Smithies, Ariel Borysiuk.

SUN Sunderland (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
13 Jordan Pickford (GK)
5 Papy Djilobodji
16 John O'Shea
3 Patrick van Aanholt
4 Jason Denayer
19 Paddy McNair
27 Jan Kirchhoff
46 Lynden Gooch
17 Didier N'Dong
29 Joel Asoro
14 Duncan Watmore
Sunderland Substitutes:
Josh Maja, Rees Greenwood, Billy Jones, Mika, Donald Love, Lee Cattermole, Lamine Koné.

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