Goals:
1-0: Gordon (46, moved ahead of his marker to apply the finish to Devlin’s low delivery from the right)
2-0: Ginnelly (52, curled a brilliant right foot effort inside McLaughlin’s top left corner from 20 yards)
2-1: McGeady (62, arched his body to finish low inside the bottom corner after Gooch’s find)
2-2: Gooch (89, turned in the area to pick out the bottom, far corner of Roberts’ net)
Bookings: Honeyman (53, dissent); Gooch (75, foul); Gordon (43, foul)
Sending-off: Power (23, serious foul play)
Referee: Craig Hicks (Surrey) – felt the abuse from Sunderland fans and got a number of decisions wrong. 4
Attendance: 7,868
Entertainment: ***
Wals Sund
Shots on 5 5
Shots off 10 5
Corners 3 14
Fouls 10 13
Offsides 3 2
WALSALL (4-4-2): Roberts 7; Devlin 7, Martin 6, Guthrie 5, Leahy 5; Ismail 6 (Morris 37, 5), Kinsella 6, Dobson 6, GINNELLY 7; Cook 6, Gordon 7 (Ferrier 80). Subs (not used): Dunn (gk), Fitzwater, Wilson, Osbourne, Ronan.
SUNDERLAND (4-2-3-1):
5 McLaughlin: Didn’t have too many saves to make and got nowhere near the two goals;
6 Matthews: Got forward, almost headed an equaliser moments before Gooch eventually did
5 Baldwin: Got his head on plenty without ever looking at his best
5 Flanagan: Dawdled in possession a few times and caught out for opener
6 James: Was asked to do plenty defending and delivered the cross for equaliser;
6 Honeyman: Unable to dictate play, but still worked hard after Power’s red
4 Power: left red faced again after his third sending off a foul on Kinsella;
8 GOOCH: Always looked hungry and got his reward
7 McGeady: Looked to make things happen and got the comeback started
5 Oviedo: Started brightly enough, faded as the game wore on;
5 Maja: Didn’t cause the sort of problems he is capable of
Subs
O’Nien (for Oviedo 49): Made Sunderland tick after his introduction. 7
Maguire (for Maja 61): Put himself about after harshly being left out. 6
(not used): Patterson (gk), Loovens, Sinclair, Ozturk, Mumba.
MAN OF THE MATCH: LYNDEN Gooch – deserved to be the man who earned a point for ten-man Sunderland late on.
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