Sunderland vs Sheffield Wednesday, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League Championship
FT
1 - 3
1 - 3
Relegation stares Sunderland in the face after Wednesday loss
Relegation stares Sunderland in the face after Wednesday loss
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Attempt missed. Donald Love (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 4': Attempt saved. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Hunt.
- 5': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Frederico Venâncio.
- 6': Delay in match Morgan Fox (Sheffield Wednesday) because of an injury.
- 8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 8': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Jordan Thorniley replaces Morgan Fox because of an injury.
- 11': Attempt missed. Donald Love (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Paddy McNair.
- 11': Attempt missed. Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ashley Fletcher.
- 12': Foul by Joey Pelupessy (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 12': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Jordan Thorniley (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 13': Paddy McNair (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Attempt saved. Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 20': Offside, Sunderland. John O'Shea tries a through ball, but Aiden McGeady is caught offside.
- 24': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Joey Pelupessy.
- 24': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Joe Wildsmith.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Ashley Fletcher (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paddy McNair.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Paddy McNair (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashley Fletcher.
- 29': Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 29': Paddy McNair (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Foul by Ashley Fletcher (Sunderland).
- 30': Joe Wildsmith (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 31': Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 33': Marc Wilson (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Lynden Gooch (Sunderland).
- 33': Jordan Thorniley (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Joey Pelupessy (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 34': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Attempt missed. Joey Pelupessy (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas João.
- 40': Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 40': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 41': Attempt saved. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 41': Attempt missed. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 42': Foul by George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 42': Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 43': Attempt missed. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Donald Love.
- 45': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jordan Thorniley.
- 45'+1': Foul by Ashley Fletcher (Sunderland).
- 45'+1': Joe Wildsmith (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Ashley Fletcher (Sunderland).
- 45'+2': Jordan Thorniley (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Sunderland 0, Sheffield Wednesday 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sunderland 0, Sheffield Wednesday 0.
- 46': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Frederico Venâncio.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Ashley Fletcher (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Wilson.
- 47': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jack Hunt.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Paddy McNair (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lynden Gooch.
- 50': Foul by Aiden McGeady (Sunderland).
- 50': Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 51': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Cattermole.
- 54': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jack Hunt.
- 55': Attempt missed. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 57': Foul by Donald Love (Sunderland).
- 57': George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Goal! Sunderland 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Atdhe Nuhiu with a headed pass.
- 59': Delay in match Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland) because of an injury.
- 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 61': Goal! Sunderland 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1. George Honeyman (Sunderland) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lynden Gooch with a cross.
- 63': Foul by Lee Cattermole (Sunderland).
- 63': Joey Pelupessy (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Substitution, Sunderland. Adam Matthews replaces Bryan Oviedo because of an injury.
- 64': Foul by Lynden Gooch (Sunderland).
- 64': Joey Pelupessy (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jack Hunt.
- 66': Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by John O'Shea (Sunderland).
- 67': Foul by Lynden Gooch (Sunderland).
- 67': George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 68': Goal! Sunderland 1, Sheffield Wednesday 2. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Joey Pelupessy with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 69': Attempt saved. Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 70': Attempt missed. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Reach.
- 70': Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 70': Foul by Marc Wilson (Sunderland).
- 71': Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Jack Hunt tries a through ball, but Lucas João is caught offside.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by George Honeyman.
- 73': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jordan Thorniley.
- 74': Foul by John O'Shea (Sunderland).
- 74': Joe Wildsmith (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt saved. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Reach with a cross.
- 75': Goal! Sunderland 1, Sheffield Wednesday 3. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) header from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 77': Attempt saved. Adam Matthews (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aiden McGeady.
- 79': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jordan Thorniley.
- 82': Attempt saved. Donald Love (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paddy McNair.
- 83': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. David Jones replaces Barry Bannan.
- 83': Substitution, Sunderland. Joel Asoro replaces Lynden Gooch.
- 83': Substitution, Sunderland. Ovie Ejaria replaces George Honeyman.
- 86': Attempt saved. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ashley Fletcher.
- 90': Attempt missed. Ashley Fletcher (Sunderland) header from very close range misses to the right.
- 90': Delay in match Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) because of an injury.
- 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Fernando Forestieri replaces Lucas João because of an injury.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ovie Ejaria.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Ovie Ejaria.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sunderland 1, Sheffield Wednesday 3.
- 90'+6': Match ends, Sunderland 1, Sheffield Wednesday 3.
Statistics
 SHW |
SUN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 47 | Possession | 53 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 21 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 296 | Accurate Passes | 331 |
| 377 | Passes | 402 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 11 | Crosses | 34 |
| 0.5 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 59 | Long Balls | 60 |
| 32 | Accurate Long Balls | 33 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 18 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 39 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 39 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: Stadium of Light
Location: Sunderland, England
Attendance: 29,786
Venue: Stadium of Light
Location: Sunderland, England
Attendance: 29,786
EFL Championship Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea City | 5 | +6 | 11 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 5 | +3 | 10 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | +3 | 10 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 5 | +2 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Sunderland (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 12 | Lee Camp (GK) |
| 36 | Marc Wilson |
| 16 | John O'Shea |
| 6 | Lee Cattermole |
| 3 | Bryan Oviedo |
| 22 | Donald Love |
| 26 | George Honeyman |
| 4 | Paddy McNair |
| 19 | Aiden McGeady  |
| 27 | Lynden Gooch |
| 9 | Ashley Fletcher |
Sheffield Wednesday (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 28 | Joe Wildsmith (GK) |
| 15 | Tom Lees |
| 6 | Morgan Fox |
| 46 | Frederico Venâncio |
| 10 | Barry Bannan |
| 32 | Joel Pelupessy |
| 20 | Adam Reach |
| 21 | George Boyd |
| 2 | Jack Hunt |
| 17 | Atdhe Nuhiu |
| 18 | Lucas João |
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