Tony Mowbray’s Sunderland climbed into the Championship top six as they came from behind to beat West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.
John Swift’s late first-half penalty on the stroke of half-time gave Albion a just about deserved interval lead.
But Lynden Gooch crossed for Dennis Cirkin to power in a header for the equaliser five minutes after the restart.
The Sunderland midfielder then waltzed his way into the Albion box to cap a fine move and score again for a match-winning second six minutes from time.
Albion, who drop to ninth, are still only two points shy of the play-off places and have a game in hand on Wednesday – at second-placed Sheffield United, who can win promotion with a win at Bramall Lane.
More to follow.
Line-ups
West Brom
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 24Palmer
- 2Furlong
- 6Ajayi
- 15PietersSubstituted forBartleyat 90′minutes
- 3Townsend
- 14MolumbyBooked at 24minsSubstituted forRogicat 90′minutes
- 35YokusluBooked at 37minsSubstituted forGardner-Hickmanat 85′minutes
- 17J Wallace
- 19SwiftBooked at 50minsSubstituted forFaalat 90′minutes
- 18GrantSubstituted forAlbrightonat 83′minutes
- 21Thomas-Asante
Substitutes
- 5Bartley
- 7Rogic
- 8Livermore
- 22Albrighton
- 29Gardner-Hickman
- 33Griffiths
- 40Faal
Sunderland
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Patterson
- 11GoochBooked at 82mins
- 32Hume
- 13O’NienBooked at 78mins
- 3Cirkin
- 24Neil
- 39EkwahSubstituted forMichutat 68′minutes
- 16Diallo
- 17BaSubstituted forRobertsat 68′minutes
- 20Clarke
- 28GelhardtBooked at 70minsSubstituted forPritchardat 77′minutes
Substitutes
- 10Roberts
- 12Bass
- 18Taylor
- 21Pritchard
- 22Lihadji
- 25Michut
- 45Anderson
- Referee:
- John Busby
- Attendance:
- 24,764
Live Text
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Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Sunderland 2.
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Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Sunderland 2.
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Attempt missed. Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jed Wallace.
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Attempt saved. Mo Faal (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.
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Foul by Amad Diallo (Sunderland).
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Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Kyle Bartley replaces Erik Pieters.
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Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Tomas Rogic replaces Jayson Molumby.
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Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Mo Faal replaces John Swift.
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Foul by Édouard Michut (Sunderland).
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Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt missed. Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jayson Molumby.
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Attempt missed. Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
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Foul by Patrick Roberts (Sunderland).
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Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Taylor Gardner-Hickman replaces Okay Yokuslu.
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Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Sunderland 2. Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
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Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Marc Albrighton replaces Karlan Grant.
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Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Lynden Gooch (Sunderland).
