English League Championship

West Bromwich Albion vs Sunderland, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
West Bromwich Albion
  • Red Card 43': Brandon Thomas-Asante
FT
0 - 1
Sunderland
  • 45'+2': Pierre Ekwah

About

West Bromwich Albion are hosting Sunderland at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 1': Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Callum Styles (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Rigg.
  • 6': Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Dangerous play by Timothée Pembélé (Sunderland).
  • 7': Foul by Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland).
  • 7': Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
  • 8': Foul by Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 8': Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Delay in match because of an injury Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 21': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 21': Foul by Jack Clarke (Sunderland).
  • 23': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Luke O'Nien.
  • 26': Chris Rigg (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 30': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Cédric Kipré.
  • 31': Foul by Trai Hume (Sunderland).
  • 31': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Trai Hume (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 32': Foul by Callum Styles (Sunderland).
  • 32': Nathaniel Chalobah (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Mikey Johnston with a cross.
  • 34': Dan Ballard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 41': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 41': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 41': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Dan Ballard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 43': Second yellow card to Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Dan Ballard (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Grady Diangana.
  • 45'+2': Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Sunderland 1. Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Callum Styles with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, Sunderland 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins West Bromwich Albion 0, Sunderland 1.
  • 45': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Adam Reach replaces Nathaniel Chalobah.
  • 45': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Semi Ajayi replaces Kyle Bartley.
  • 46': Hand ball by Trai Hume (Sunderland).
  • 51': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 51': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 52': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Callum Styles (Sunderland).
  • 54': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Callum Styles (Sunderland).
  • 55': Foul by Luke O'Nien (Sunderland).
  • 55': Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 56': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Conor Townsend is caught offside.
  • 57': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 57': Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Dan Neil (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Rigg.
  • 59': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Alex Palmer.
  • 61': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jed Wallace replaces Grady Diangana.
  • 62': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. John Swift replaces Mikey Johnston.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Styles.
  • 63': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 63': Jack Clarke (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 63': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Dan Neil (Sunderland).
  • 65': Dan Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Foul by Semi Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 66': Attempt missed. John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 67': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Matt Phillips replaces Conor Townsend.
  • 68': Dan Ballard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Foul by Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 68': Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Rigg.
  • 71': Substitution, Sunderland. Ajibola Alese replaces Timothée Pembélé.
  • 71': Substitution, Sunderland. Patrick Roberts replaces Chris Rigg.
  • 72': Offside, Sunderland. Jobe Bellingham is caught offside.
  • 75': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Cédric Kipré is caught offside.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Fellows with a cross.
  • 80': Ajibola Alese (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Callum Styles (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Patrick Roberts with a headed pass.
  • 82': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Jed Wallace is caught offside.
  • 82': Delay in match because of an injury Anthony Patterson (Sunderland).
  • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 85': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland).
  • 85': Callum Styles (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  • 85': Foul by Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 85': Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 86': Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  • 87': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  • 88': Dan Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 88': Foul by Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 90'+1': Foul by Jack Clarke (Sunderland).
  • 90'+1': Semi Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba replaces Jack Clarke.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, Sunderland 1.
  • 0': Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, Sunderland 1.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 15
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 3
5 Corner Kicks 1
3 Saves 2
50.4 Possession 49.6
9 SHOTS 8
3 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
384 Accurate Passes 376
447 Passes 441
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 3
13 Crosses 11
0.2 Cross % 0.3
70 Long Balls 51
40 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 1
7 Effective Tackles 8
11 Tackles 15
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 9
15 Effective Clearances 11
15 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: The Hawthorns
Location: West Bromwich, England
Attendance: 25,366

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Birmingham City 0 0 0
2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0
3 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0
4 Bristol City 0 0 0
Full Table

Line-Ups

WBA West Bromwich Albion (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
24 Alex Palmer (GK)
4 Cedric Kipre Yellow Card
5 Kyle Bartley
3 Conor Townsend
2 Darnell Furlong Yellow Card
11 Grady Diangana
27 Alex Mowatt
14 Nathaniel Chalobah
21 Brandon Thomas-Asante Yellow Card
23 Michael Johnston
31 Tom Fellows
West Bromwich Albion Substitutes:
Adam Reach, Yann M'vila, Joshua Griffiths, Okay Yokuslu, John Swift, Andreas Weimann, Matt Phillips, Semi Ajayi, Jed Wallace.

SUN Sunderland (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Anthony Patterson (GK)
5 Danny Ballard
13 Luke O'Nien
32 Trai Hume Yellow Card
24 Daniel Neil
39 Pierre Ekwah
28 Callum Styles
6 Timothee Pembélé
7 Jobe Bellingham
20 Jack Clarke
31 Chris Rigg
Sunderland Substitutes:
Patrick Roberts, Abdoullah Ba, Romaine Mundle, Adil Aouchiche, Ajibola Alese, Bradley Dack, Nathan Bishop, Luís Semedo, Mason Burstow.

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