Sunderland U21

Match report

Sunderland U21 beat Ipswich Town U21 4:2 in their Premier League 2 First Division clash on Friday evening. The result keeps the hosts in seventh place while the visitors remain rooted to the bottom of the table.

C. Dinsdale opened the scoring at the 21-minute mark before T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi levelled for Ipswich nine minutes later. F. Scott restored the home lead at 38 minutes, and K. Munyakazi extended it just before the break. The second half began with a flurry — C. Mthunzi pulled one back for the visitors at 45+4, then J. Pitts equalised immediately after the restart at 46 minutes.

Both sides made three substitutions at the break. Ipswich brought on B. Sains, J. Lewis and L. Bell, while Sunderland responded with A. Alese replacing K. Munyakazi. J. Pitts was withdrawn at 66 minutes after his cameo, and Sunderland made changes at 77, 82 and 86 minutes. Three yellow cards were shown to each side, with J. Jones picking up two bookings for the home team.

The statistics tell a story of dominance without penetration. Sunderland registered 87 attacks to Ipswich's 77 and had slightly more shots on target — nine compared to six. Neither side created a big chance, and the match finished with both teams holding 50 percent possession.

Sunderland sit seventh with six points from three games, having won twice and lost once. Ipswich occupy 20th place with three points from three matches, including two defeats. The hosts have shown more consistency, though they were beaten 5:1 by Brentford U21 in their previous outing.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 9 – 6

Shots off target 9 – 13

Attacks 87 – 77

⚽ 21' C. Dinsdale — Goal ⚽ 30' T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi — Goal ⚽ 38' F. Scott — Goal ⚽ 45+2' K. Munyakazi — Goal ⚽ 45+4' C. Mthunzi — Goal ⇄ 46' B. Sains — Substitution ⇄ 46' J. Lewis — Substitution ⇄ 46' L. Bell — Substitution ⚽ 46' J. Pitts — Goal 🟨 49' J. Jones — Yellow card 🟨 51' F. Runham — Yellow card 🟨 60' C. Mthunzi — Yellow card ⇄ 62' A. Alese — Substitution ⇄ 62' K. Munyakazi — Substitution 🟨 66' R. Doherty — Yellow card ⇄ 66' J. Pitts — Substitution 🟨 68' J. Jones — Yellow card ⇄ 77' F. Scott — Substitution ⇄ 78' F. Runham — Substitution ⇄ 82' C. Dinsdale — Substitution ⇄ 86' J. Mauge — Substitution 🟨 90+5' Yellow card

Match events

21' 1:0 Sunderland U21 Goal C. Dinsdale assist: F. Scott
30' 2:0 Sunderland U21 Goal T. Samuel-Ogunsuyi assist: C. Dinsdale
38' 3:0 Sunderland U21 Goal F. Scott assist: C. Dinsdale
45+2' 4:0 Sunderland U21 Goal K. Munyakazi assist: C. Dinsdale
45+4' 4:1 Ipswich Town U21 Goal C. Mthunzi assist: B. Sains
46' 4:1 Ipswich Town U21 Substitution B. Sains off: R. Doherty
46' 4:1 Ipswich Town U21 Substitution J. Lewis off: L. Elliott
46' 4:1 Sunderland U21 Substitution L. Bell off: B. Kindon
46' 4:2 Ipswich Town U21 Goal J. Pitts assist: J. Mauge
49' 4:2 Sunderland U21 Yellow card J. Jones
51' 4:2 Ipswich Town U21 Yellow card F. Runham
60' 4:2 Ipswich Town U21 Yellow card C. Mthunzi
62' 4:2 Sunderland U21 Substitution A. Alese off: F. Holcroft
62' 4:2 Sunderland U21 Substitution K. Munyakazi off: J. Jones
66' 4:2 Ipswich Town U21 Yellow card R. Doherty
66' 4:2 Ipswich Town U21 Substitution J. Pitts off: S. Nicolaou
68' 4:2 Sunderland U21 Yellow card J. Jones
77' 4:2 Sunderland U21 Substitution F. Scott off: M. Neill
78' 4:2 Ipswich Town U21 Substitution F. Runham off: S. Eldred
82' 4:2 Sunderland U21 Substitution C. Dinsdale off: C. Scorer
86' 4:2 Ipswich Town U21 Substitution J. Mauge off: E. Nelson
90+5' 4:2 Sunderland U21 Yellow card

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

9 Shots on target 6

9 Shots off target 13

0 Big chances 0

87 Attacks 77

3 Corners 6

14 Fouls 17

17 Free kicks 14

2 Offsides 0

3 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 5

22 Throw-ins 25

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