Goals:

0-1: Madden (9, moved ahead of his marker to nod Hunter’s corner down and beyond McLaughlin)

1-1: Maja (37, hooked a finish in off the far post from ten yards from Honeyman’s delivery)

Bookings: Coyle (12, foul); Baldwin (14, foul); Matthews (33, foul); Cairns (79, unsporting behaviour); Husband (90, foul); Cattermole (90, foul)

Referee: Darren Drysdale (Waddington) – got on the nerves of fans with a few decisions but overall he did well to keep the game flowing. 7

Attendance: 29,367

Entertainment: **

Sund Fleet

Shots on 8 5

Shots off 9 6

Corners 10 6

Fouls 11 15

Offsides 3 2

SUNDERLAND (4-2-3-1):

7 McLaughlin: Showed strong handling until late and made a fine penalty stop as well as other saves;

4 Matthews: Decent enough on the ball but conceded a penalty and could have been sent off;

5 Baldwin: Not his most convincing display but still managed to make strong tackles and should have scored

6 Loovens: Hardly outstanding in a defence that looked suspect at times but still did reasonably well and almost scored

6 Hume: Had a better first half than second and looks a real prospect;

6 McGeouch: Had a slow start to the game but then had more of an impact as the minutes wore on

6 Cattermole: Looked keen to do well and influenced things in the middle alongside McGeouch

5 Gooch: Ought to have scored early on and that would have changed things considerably

7 HONEYMAN: Sent over a lovely pass for Maja’s equaliser and always looked to get involved

5 Maguire: Didn’t influence the game as much has he needed to and was replaced just after the break;

7 Maja: Led the line well, did what was expected of him and scored again

Subs

Sinclair (for Maguire 51): A few decent touches without looking at his best after injury. 5

Wyke (for Maja 62): Unable to provided the finishing touch he did a week earlier. 5

Flanagan (for Matthews 71)

(not used): Ruiter (gk), Ozturk, O’Nien, James.

FLEETWOOD TOWN (4-4-2): CAIRNS 7; Coyle 6, Eastham 7, Morgan 5 (Spurr 23, 5), Husband 6; Hunter 7 (Wallace 88), Holt 5, Marney 6, McAleny 6 (Dempsey 60, 5); Madden 5, Evans 4. Subs (not used): Jones, Long, Biggins, Sheron.

MAN OF THE MATCH: George Honeyman – was busy from start to finish and centre over the lovely cross for the equaliser.