Sunderland 2-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

Sunderland 2-1 Accrington Stanley

League One · Saturday 11 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland defeated Accrington Stanley 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 11 September 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Dan Neil opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Dan Neil (15') and Carl Winchester (58'). Accrington Stanley scored through Michael Nottingham (30').

Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 1st on 12 points from 5 and Accrington Stanley 2nd on 12 points from 6. Sunderland went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Accrington Stanley 12th with 61.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Nottingham of Accrington Stanley (8.1), level with Sean McConville (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 0 for Accrington Stanley.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Accrington Stanley's W-L-W-W-W.