Sunderland vs Hull City, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Sunderland

20': Joel Asoro

FT
1 - 0

Hull City

Sunderland 1-0 Hull City

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
3': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
3': Evandro (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
6': Attempt missed. Jon Toral (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fikayo Tomori.
9': Billy Jones (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
9': Foul by Evandro (Hull City).
10': Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Hull City).
10': Joel Asoro (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
13': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
13': Attempt missed. Billy Jones (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joel Asoro.
14': Attempt saved. Josh Maja (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joel Asoro with a headed pass.
15': Attempt missed. Josh Maja (Sunderland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Billy Jones.
20': Goal! Sunderland 1, Hull City 0. Joel Asoro (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by George Honeyman with a through ball.
25': Foul by David Meyler (Hull City).
25': Joel Asoro (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt missed. Billy Jones (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by George Honeyman with a cross.
25': Attempt saved. Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
27': Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Sunderland).
27': Jon Toral (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Attempt blocked. Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Evandro.
28': Offside, Sunderland. Tyias Browning tries a through ball, but Josh Maja is caught offside.
29': Attempt saved. David Meyler (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson.
30': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Billy Jones.
30': Attempt missed. Jon Toral (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson with a cross following a corner.
31': Delay in match Billy Jones (Sunderland) because of an injury.
34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
34': Substitution, Sunderland. Adam Matthews replaces Billy Jones because of an injury.
35': Evandro (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Lee Cattermole (Sunderland).
35': David Meyler (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
36': Foul by Jon Toral (Hull City).
36': Jake Clarke-Salter (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
37': Foul by Josh Maja (Sunderland).
37': Michael Hector (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by David Meyler (Hull City).
40': Joel Asoro (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Evandro (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Foul by Lee Cattermole (Sunderland).
42': Foul by Ola Aina (Hull City).
42': Joel Asoro (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Tyias Browning.
45': Evandro (Hull City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Foul by Ethan Robson (Sunderland).
45': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Tyias Browning.
45'+1': Foul by Jarrod Bowen (Hull City).
45'+1': Joel Asoro (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+4': First Half ends, Sunderland 1, Hull City 0.
45': Second Half begins Sunderland 1, Hull City 0.
49': Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
49': Sebastian Larsson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by David Meyler (Hull City).
50': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
51': Attempt missed. Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
52': Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Jon Toral (Hull City).
54': Attempt blocked. Fraizer Campbell (Hull City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Evandro.
54': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Tyias Browning.
55': Attempt missed. Sebastian Larsson (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
56': Attempt saved. George Honeyman (Sunderland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Oviedo.
57': Foul by Ethan Robson (Sunderland).
57': Jon Toral (Hull City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
58': Foul by Tyias Browning (Sunderland).
58': Fraizer Campbell (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Tyias Browning (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
59': Attempt missed. Sebastian Larsson (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
60': Foul by Joel Asoro (Sunderland).
60': Ola Aina (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Tyias Browning (Sunderland).
64': Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Offside, Sunderland. George Honeyman tries a through ball, but Joel Asoro is caught offside.
67': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Tyias Browning.
67': Attempt missed. Michael Hector (Hull City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson with a cross following a corner.
67': Attempt blocked. Evandro (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
68': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
69': Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Adam Matthews.
69': Substitution, Hull City. Jackson Irvine replaces Jon Toral.
71': Attempt missed. Fraizer Campbell (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Evandro.
73': Foul by David Meyler (Hull City).
73': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
74': Foul by Michael Dawson (Hull City).
74': Joel Asoro (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
74': Michael Dawson (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76': Substitution, Hull City. Will Keane replaces Fraizer Campbell.
76': Evandro (Hull City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
76': Foul by Ethan Robson (Sunderland).
78': Joel Asoro (Sunderland) has gone down, but that's a dive.
78': Joel Asoro (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
79': Substitution, Hull City. Nouha Dicko replaces Evandro.
80': Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Sunderland).
80': Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
81': Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Hull City).
81': George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
81': Sebastian Larsson (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Attempt blocked. Ethan Robson (Sunderland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by George Honeyman.
83': Attempt saved. Ethan Robson (Sunderland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
85': Attempt blocked. Joel Asoro (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryan Oviedo.
87': Substitution, Sunderland. Lynden Gooch replaces Josh Maja.
88': Attempt saved. Joel Asoro (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ethan Robson.
89': Attempt blocked. Michael Hector (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson.
90': Attempt blocked. David Meyler (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen.
90': Attempt blocked. Michael Hector (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
90': Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Foul by Lee Cattermole (Sunderland).
90'+2': Sebastian Larsson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4': Attempt saved. David Meyler (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Dawson with a headed pass.
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Asoro.
90'+5': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Michael Hector.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Sunderland 1, Hull City 0.
90'+6': Match ends, Sunderland 1, Hull City 0.

Statistics

HUL		SUN
12	Fouls	16
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
7	Corner Kicks	4
5	Saves	3
53.8	Possession	46.2
14	SHOTS	13
3	ON GOAL	6
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
271	Accurate Passes	218
386	Passes	334
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	2
18	Crosses	11
0.3	Cross %	0.2
76	Long Balls	73
28	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.4	Long Balls %	0.3
5	Blocked Shots	3
14	Effective Tackles	17
23	Tackles	21
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
24	Effective Clearances	47
24	Clearances	47

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Stadium of Light
Location: Sunderland, England
Attendance: 27,437

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

Full Table

Line-Ups

Sunderland (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
25	Robbin Ruiter (GK)
16	John O'Shea
35	Jake Clark-Salter
18	Jiang Guangtai
28	Ethan Robson
6	Lee Cattermole
26	George Honeyman
3	Bryan Oviedo
2	Billy Jones
29	Joel Asoro
20	Josh Maja

Sunderland Substitutes:

Jason Steele, Brendan Galloway, Lynden Gooch, Adam Matthews, Aiden McGeady, Callum McManaman, Donald Love.

Hull City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Allan McGregor (GK)
5	Michael Hector
21	Michael Dawson
34	Ola Aina
29	Fikayo Tomori
15	Evandro Goebel
16	Sebastian Larsson
8	David Meyler
25	Fraizer Campbell
20	Jarrod Bowen
11	Jon Toral

Hull City Substitutes:

Max Clark, Jackson Irvine, Ondrej Mazuch, Will Keane, Markus Henriksen, David Marshall, Nouha Dicko.

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