English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 30, 2017
Sunderland LDWDL 1
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Nottingham Forest LWLDL 0
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The City Ground · 26,830 att.

Match Report

Aiden in the right direction? McGeady goal lifts Sunderland out of drop zone

Aiden in the right direction? McGeady goal lifts Sunderland out of drop zone

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
0
37.7
Possession
62.3
1
SHOTS
22
1
ON GOAL
3
1.0
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
503
364
Passes
589
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
10
10
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.4
71
Long Balls
49
26
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
7
16
Effective Tackles
7
28
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
23
20
Clearances
23

Head to Head

SUN leads series 4-1

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 43Jordan SmithG
  2. 4Michael MancienneCD-L
  3. 42Joe WorrallCD-R
  4. 11Ben OsbornLB
  5. 2Eric LichajRB
  6. 20Kieran DowellAM
  7. 24David VaughanLM
  8. 31Andreas BouchalakisRM
  9. 9Daryl MurphyF
  10. 10Barrie McKayAM-L
  11. 17Ben Brereton DíazAM-R

SUN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 25Robbin RuiterG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD
  3. 36Marc WilsonCD-L
  4. 18Jiang GuangtaiCD-R
  5. 24Darron GibsonCM-L
  6. 26George HoneymanCM-R
  7. 21Adam MatthewsLM
  8. 22Donald LoveRM
  9. 20Josh MajaF
  10. 19Aiden McGeadyCF-L
  11. 13Callum McManamanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Sunderland 1. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Matthews with a cross.
  2. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Armand Traore replaces Andreas Bouchalakis.
  3. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Mustapha Carayol replaces Barrie McKay.
  4. 65' Substitution, Sunderland. James Vaughan replaces Josh Maja.
  5. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jason Cummings replaces Daryl Murphy because of an injury.
  6. 70' Substitution, Sunderland. Lynden Gooch replaces Callum McManaman.
  7. 82' Armand Traore (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 83' Substitution, Sunderland. Bryan Oviedo replaces Aiden McGeady.

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