Sunderland 5-0 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 28 September 2021

Result

Sunderland 5-0 Cheltenham Town

League One · Tuesday 28 September 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Sunderland 5-0 Cheltenham Town: match report

Sunderland beat Cheltenham Town 5-0 in the League One on Tuesday 28 September 2021. The half-time score was 3-0.

Bailey Wright opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Bailey Wright (11'), Ross Stewart (28'), Ross Stewart (38'), Luke O'Nien (65') and L. Dajaku (66'). Cheltenham Town did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 2nd on 19 points from 8 and Cheltenham Town 14th on 12 points from 9. Sunderland went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Cheltenham Town 15th with 56.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ross Stewart of Sunderland (8.8), ahead of Aiden McGeady (8.6).

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Cheltenham Town's L-W-W-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Bailey WrightSunderland · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Ross StewartSunderland · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Lewis FreestoneCheltenham Town
  • 38'Goal · Ross StewartSunderland · 3-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Alfie MayCheltenham Town
  • 65'Goal · Luke O'NienSunderland · 4-0
  • 66'Goal · L. DajakuSunderland · 5-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Conor ThomasCheltenham Town

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ron-Thorben Hoffmann, Carl Winchester, Bailey Wright, Tom Flanagan, Niall Huggins, Luke O'Nien, Josef Dvornik, Aiden McGeady, Aiden O'Brien, Nathan Broadhead, Ross Stewart

Cheltenham Town line-up (5-4-1)

S. Flinders, Matty Blair, Sean Long, Mattie Pollock, Lewis Freestone, Chris Hussey, Liam Sercombe, Conor Thomas, Ellis Chapman, Taylor Perry, Kyle Joseph