Sunderland: Ruiter, Matthews, Brwoning, O’Shea, Oviedo (Galloway), McManaman, Cattermole (Gooch), Gibson, McGeady (Asoro), Honeyman, Grabban Substitutes not used: Steele, Love, Wilson, Maja at the Stadium of Light Saturday 2nd December 2017 Championship Sunderland 1-3 Reading The bookies fancy a home win this afternoon with odds of 17/20 for the Lads to take maximum points, with Reading priced at 16/5 to take the spoils and the draw is around 12/5. Reading manager Paul Ince with a familiar face alongside him in assistant manager Alex Rae Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images This has resulted in Reading having the second worst record on the road in the division so far this term, with three wins and ten defeats from 15 this season.Įven though The Royals have slipped to 17th in the table, they’re still only four points behind the Lads and hence, only five from the play-offs - and with a gap of ten points to the drop you would think they would be safe from being dragged into it. Since then, things have begun to slide for Ince and his assistant Alex Rae, as they haven’t won since late December when they recorded a home victory over Swansea, and they haven’t won on the road since November when they claimed maximum points at Hull. Paul Ince’s Reading side were tipped to struggle this season, and after an initial wobble they ended up being the early surprise package at the top of the table as they sat third in the table ahead of the return fixture in September. “ Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images The Middlesbrough game, and to a lesser extent our effort against Fulham, does provide hope we can begin a run of results at the Stadium of Light. This is especially true as Sunderland have yet to put back-to-back wins together at the Stadium of Light this season - and any success that might be achieved this term will likely hinge on us putting this right.įive wins and five defeats in 14 fixtures at the SOL this season has meant we would sit 15th in a table based on home form alone. Tony Mowbray will be keen to build on the result and the performance in our last outing in the Championship at the Stadium of Light when we comprehensively dismantled Middlesbrough almost three weeks ago. It’s back to league action this weekend as we find ourselves in a situation where it remains our sole focus of what is left of this season after Fulham progressed to the fifth round of the FA Cup in midweek. Tickets: Tickets available via TV/Stream: Full live match coverage is available via Radio: Full live match commentary available via BBC Radio Newcastle (not online)ĭon’t forget to follow the blow-by-blow account of the game on the Roker Report Twitter feed ( ) and check out the player ratings after the full-time whistle at The build-up. Championship Stadium of Light Kick-Off: 15:00
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