Accrington Stanley 4-1 Sutton United: result and report
League Two · Saturday 16 September 2023
Result
Accrington Stanley 4-1 Sutton United
League Two · Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Accrington Stanley 4-1 Sutton United: match report
Accrington Stanley defeated Sutton United 4-1 in the League Two on Saturday 16 September 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Tommy Leigh opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Tommy Leigh (45+1', penalty), Tommy Leigh (57'), Rosaire Longelo (63') and Joe Pritchard (90+5'). Sutton United scored through Omari Patrick (64').
Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards; Sutton United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 15th on 10 points from 7 and Sutton United 23rd on 3 points from 7. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 17th with 57 points, and Sutton United 23rd with 42.
Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sutton United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Leigh of Accrington Stanley (8.5), ahead of Rosaire Longelo (7.7).
Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read L-L-W-W-D and Sutton United's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Josh Andrews
- 45'Yellow card · Dean Bouzanis
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Tommy Leigh
- 49'Yellow card · Rosaire Longelo
- 57'Goal · Tommy Leigh
- 63'Goal · Rosaire Longelo
- 64'Goal · Omari Patrick
- 90'Yellow card · Toby Savin
- 90+5'Goal · Joe Pritchard
Team news
Accrington Stanley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Toby Savin, Kelvin Mellor, Jay Rich-Baghuelou, Brad Hills, Lewis Shipley, Seamus Conneely, Liam Coyle, Shaun Whalley, Tommy Leigh, Rosaire Longelo, Josh Andrews
Sutton United line-up (4-4-2)
Dean Bouzanis, Ryan Jackson, Ben Goodliffe, Louis John, Robert Milsom, Josh Coley, Craig Clay, Christian N'Guessan, Omari Patrick, Harry Smith, Aiden O'Brien