Sunderland 1-2 Bristol City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 October 2017
Result
Sunderland 1-2 Bristol City
Championship · Saturday 28 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sunderland 1-2 Bristol City: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Bristol City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 28 October 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Lewis Grabban (45+3'). Bristol City scored through Bobby De Cordova-Reid (28') and Milan Djuric (73').
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 23rd on 9 points from 13 and Bristol City 7th on 21 points from 13. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Bristol City 11th with 67.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Bryan of Bristol City (8.4), ahead of Callum O'Dowda (8.3).
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Bristol City's L-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Didier Ndong
- 28'Goal · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- 45+3'Goal · Lewis Grabban
- 64'Yellow card · Billy Jones
- 73'Yellow card · Milan Djuric
- 73'Goal · Milan Djuric
- 83'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- 86'Yellow card · Marlon Pack
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jason Steele, Billy Jones, Bryan Oviedo, John O'Shea, Lamine Koné, Jonathan Williams, Duncan Watmore, Didier Ndong, Aiden McGeady, Darron Gibson, Lewis Grabban
Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)
Frank Fielding, Joe Bryan, Aden Flint, Bailey Wright, Nathan Baker, Josh Brownhill, Callum O'Dowda, Sander Krabbendam, Marlon Pack, M. Taylor, Bobby De Cordova-Reid