Sunderland’s League One automatic-promotion bid suffered another blow as Sheffield Wednesday condemned them to a third consecutive defeat with a 3-0 win at Hillsborough.
Having lost 1-0 at home to Charlton and 5-1 at Rotherham, the Black Cats went down to goals from Theo Corbeanu, Florian Kamberi and Lee Gregory.
Corbeanu opened the scoring in the 13th minute, curling a low shot beyond Thorben Hoffmann from the edge of the area.
Dan Neil thought he had pulled a goal back when he put the ball in the net, but Sunderland’s celebrations were cut short by an offside flag.
It was 2-0 in the 39th minute when Corbeanu turned provider, crossing from the left for Kamberi to tap-in from close range.
As the half drew to a close, Wednesday goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell made a fine save to keep out a shot from Tom Flanagan.
The hosts scored a third goal when Callum Paterson’s misdirected shot fell to Gregory, who turned the ball in from close range in the 53rd minute.
Sunderland substitute Alex Pritchard fired a late free-kick straight at Peacock-Farrell and Ross Stewart’s stoppage-time header was also comfortably saved by the keeper.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Sheff Wed
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1Peacock-Farrell
- 2Palmer
- 22Dunkley
- 18JohnsonBooked at 58mins
- 13Paterson
- 8AdeniranBooked at 87mins
- 26Wing
- 23CorbeanuSubstituted forBrownat 83′minutes
- 10BannanSubstituted forDele-Bashiruat 68′minutes
- 20Kamberi
- 9GregorySubstituted forBerahinoat 84′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Brown
- 7Shodipo
- 17Dele-Bashiru
- 24Berahino
- 28Wildsmith
- 32Hunt
- 40Sow
Sunderland
Formation 4-3-3
- 39Hoffmann
- 15Winchester
- 3Flanagan
- 6Doyle
- 17Cirkin
- 13O’Nien
- 4Evans
- 24NeilSubstituted forPritchardat 65′minutes
- 11GoochSubstituted forEmbletonat 72′minutes
- 14Stewart
- 10O’BrienSubstituted forBroadheadat 82′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Burge
- 5Alves
- 7Dajaku
- 8Embleton
- 9Broadhead
- 21Pritchard
- 26Wright
- Referee:
- Craig Hicks
- Attendance:
- 23,731
Live Text
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Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 3, Sunderland 0.
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Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 3, Sunderland 0.
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Attempt saved. Ross Stewart (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Pritchard with a cross.
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Foul by Ross Stewart (Sunderland).
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Dennis Adeniran (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Lewis Wing (Sheffield Wednesday).
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Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Dennis Adeniran (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Nathan Broadhead (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Callum Paterson (Sheffield Wednesday).
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Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Saido Berahino replaces Lee Gregory.
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Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Jaden Brown replaces Theo Corbeanu.
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Substitution, Sunderland. Nathan Broadhead replaces Aiden O’Brien.
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Foul by Carl Winchester (Sunderland).
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Cheyenne Dunkley (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aiden O’Brien.
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Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Liam Palmer tries a through ball, but Florian Kamberi is caught offside.
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Carl Winchester (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Sheffield Wednesday).
