Sunderland 2-2 Accrington Stanley: result and report
League One · Friday 15 February 2019
Result
Sunderland 2-2 Accrington Stanley
League One · Friday 15 February 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sunderland 2-2 Accrington Stanley: match report
Sunderland drew with Accrington Stanley 2-2 in the League One on Friday 15 February 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
B. Kee opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sunderland's goals came from George Honeyman (55') and Aiden McGeady (62'). Accrington Stanley scored through B. Kee (30', penalty) and Paul Smyth (52').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 4th on 58 points from 30 and Accrington Stanley 16th on 36 points from 29. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Accrington Stanley 14th with 55.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-D-W-D-D and Accrington Stanley's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 30'Penalty goal · B. Kee
- 35'Yellow card · Jack Baldwin
- 42'Yellow card · Seamus Conneely
- 52'Goal · Paul Smyth
- 55'Goal · George Honeyman
- 62'Goal · Aiden McGeady
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jon McLaughlin, Luke O'Nien, Jimmy Dunne, Jack Baldwin, Reece James, George Honeyman, Grant Leadbitter, Lynden Gooch, Charlie Wyke, Aiden McGeady, Will Grigg
Accrington Stanley line-up (4-4-2)
Jonathan Maxted, Callum Johnson, Mark Hughes, Ross Sykes, Janoi Donacien, Jordan Clark, Seamus Conneely, Dan Barlaser, Sean McConville, Billy Kee, Paul Smyth