Connor Wickham was originally named in the starting line-up before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Steven Fletcher was promoted to the starting XI from the bench. Sunderland named only five of a possible seven substitutes.

1 Fulham

Goals:

Hugo Rodallega

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli

Defender Nikolay Bodurov

Defender Jack Grimmer

Defender Shaun Hutchinson

Defender Kostas Stafylidis

Midfielder Seko Fofana

Midfielder Alex Kačaniklić

Midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe

Forward Ross McCormack

Forward Hugo Rodallega

Forward Cauley Woodrow

Substitutions:

Patrick Roberts for Alex Kačaniklić	83
Lasse Vigen Christensen for Seko Fofana	83

Cards:

Cauley Woodrow	40	Y
Nikolay Bodurov	62	Y
Seko Fofana	82	Y
Ross McCormack	89	Y
Shaun Hutchinson	90	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Gábor Király

Defender Dan Burn

Defender/Midfielder Elsad Zverotić

Midfielder Lasse Vigen Christensen

Midfielder George C Williams

Midfielder/Forward Patrick Roberts

Forward Moussa Dembele

3 Sunderland

Goals:

Marcus Bettinelli	own goal	61
Ricky Alvarez		75
Jordi Gómez	penalty	90

Starting lineup:

Vito Mannone Goalkeeper

John O'Shea Defender

Anthony Reveillere Defender

Patrick Van Aanholt Defender

Santiago Vergini Defender

Liam Bridcutt Defender/Midfielder

Ricky Alvarez Midfielder

Emanuele Giaccherini Midfielder

Jordi Gómez Midfielder

Jermain Defoe Forward

Steven Fletcher Forward

Substitutions:

Danny Graham for Steven Fletcher	74
Liam Agnew for Ricky Alvarez	87
Wes Brown for Emanuele Giaccherini	90

Cards:

Liam Bridcutt	25	Y
Ricky Alvarez	82	Y
Emanuele Giaccherini	82	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon

Defender Wes Brown

Defender Sebastián Coates

Midfielder Liam Agnew

Forward Danny Graham

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