English League Championship

FT Sunday, August 13, 2017
Sunderland LLLDW 3
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Norwich City WDWDW 1
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SUN123
NOR011
Carrow Road · 26,343 att.

Match Report

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Lewis Grabban nets brace vs. former club Norwich in Sunderland win

Lewis Grabban came back to haunt his former club as Sunderland came away from Norwich with three points from an excellent 3-1 win.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
13
3
Saves
2
28.7
Possession
71.3
9
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
171
Accurate Passes
562
261
Passes
650
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
11
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
30
21
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
18
Effective Tackles
11
24
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
15
36
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NOR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NOR · 3-5-2

  1. 1Angus GunnG
  2. 6Christoph ZimmermanCD
  3. 28Marcel FrankeCD-L
  4. 5Russell MartinCD-R
  5. 7Steven NaismithCM-L
  6. 23James MaddisonCM-R
  7. 4Harrison ReedAM
  8. 3James HusbandLM
  9. 17Yanic WildschutRM
  10. 10Cameron JeromeCF-L
  11. 12Marley WatkinsCF-R

SUN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jason SteeleG
  2. 23Lamine KonéCD-L
  3. 18Jiang GuangtaiCD-R
  4. 15Brendan GallowayLB
  5. 2Billy JonesRB
  6. 6Lee CattermoleCM-L
  7. 17Didier N'DongCM-R
  8. 19Aiden McGeadyLM
  9. 26George HoneymanRM
  10. 11Lewis GrabbanCF-L
  11. 9James VaughanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Norwich City 0, Sunderland 1. Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Vaughan with a headed pass.
  2. 53' James Vaughan (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Goal! Norwich City 0, Sunderland 2. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lee Cattermole following a corner.
  4. 61' Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Murphy replaces Yanic Wildschut.
  5. 68' Substitution, Norwich City. Nélson Oliveira replaces Cameron Jerome.
  6. 71' Goal! Norwich City 0, Sunderland 3. Lewis Grabban (Sunderland) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aiden McGeady with a cross.
  7. 74' Substitution, Sunderland. Darron Gibson replaces Lee Cattermole.
  8. 77' Substitution, Norwich City. Wes Hoolahan replaces Steven Naismith.
  9. 78' Own Goal by Lewis Grabban, Sunderland. Norwich City 1, Sunderland 3.
  10. 84' Substitution, Sunderland. Lynden Gooch replaces Aiden McGeady.
  11. 87' Substitution, Sunderland. John O'Shea replaces Lewis Grabban.

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