Sunderland 1-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 8 September 2018
Result
Sunderland 1-1 Fleetwood Town
League One · Saturday 8 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sunderland 1-1 Fleetwood Town: match report
Sunderland drew with Fleetwood Town 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 8 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Paddy Madden opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Josh Maja (38'). Fleetwood Town scored through Paddy Madden (9').
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 4th on 14 points from 6 and Fleetwood Town 6th on 11 points from 6. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Fleetwood Town 11th with 61.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Fleetwood Town's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Paddy Madden
- 12'Yellow card · Lewie Coyle
- 14'Yellow card · Jack Baldwin
- 32'Yellow card · Ashley Eastham
- 33'Yellow card · A. Matthews
- 38'Goal · Josh Maja
- 49'Missed penalty · Paddy Madden
- 80'Yellow card · Alex Cairns
- 81'Yellow card · Ashley Hunter
Team news
Sunderland line-up
Jon McLaughlin, Adam Matthews, Denver Hume, Dylan McGeouch, Glenn Loovens, Jack Baldwin, Chris Maguire, Lee Cattermole, Josh Maja, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch
Fleetwood Town line-up
Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, James Husband, J. Holt, Ashley Eastham, Craig Morgan, Conor McAleny, Dean Marney, Ched Evans, Paddy Madden, Ashley Hunter