Goals

0-1: Cattermole (49, ghosted in unmarked for a calm finish to a ball across the box from the right)

1-1: Clarke-Harris (68, cleverly diverted Dujon Sterling's cross from the left past the keeper)

Bookings: Hyam (9, foul), Cattermole (30, foul)

Referee: Michael Salisbury (Preston) 6

Attendance: 16,407

COVENTRY (4-4-2): BURGE 8; Sterling 7, Hyam 7, Willis 7, Brown 6 (Davies 17, 7); Thomas 7 (Jones 77), Bayliss 7, Doyle 6, Shipley 6; Chaplin 5, Clarke-Harris 6. Subs (not used): Kelly, O'Brien, Ogogo, Bakayoko, Andreu.

SUNDERLAND (4-4-2)

9 McLAUGHLIN: Excellent display by the keeper, especially when it mattered in the second half;

7 Flanagan: Almost ruined a decent performance with that stoppage-time clanger

8 Baldwin: Preserved a point by mopping up Flanagan's error on the line just in time

6 Loovens: Forced off injured after just four minutes

6 Hume: Also hurt before the break for reshuffle number two;

7 Gooch: Crocked when all three subs already on - so sent back into the fray, possibly slightly unwillingly

7 Cattermole: Another goal! What is going on? First-half booking far more familiar

6 McGeouch: Steady performance in midfield before making way for Power

7 Honeyman: The skipper almost won it late on but couldn't beat the keeper;

8 Maguire: Always a threat and worked hard up front. Hit post with an early free-kick

4 Maja: Very rarely in the game and certainly not in front of goal

Subs:

Matthews: (for Loovens, 4) Busy down the right flank; set up the goal. 7

Oviedo: (for Hume, 37) Battled away and showed touches of class too. 6

Power (for McGeouch, 66) Back from a ban for an aggressive late cameo. 5

Subs (not used): Ozturk, Sinclair, McGeady, Ruiter

MAN OF THE MATCH: Jon McLaughlin - The Scot showed why he became a full international in the summer and why Ross had been so keen to sign him.