Sunderland came back from going 2-0 down after 20 minutes to win 3-2 in South Wales. Two wins from our last three keeps us firmly in the race for automatic promotion.
ANTHONY PATTERSON: 5/10
No clue what he was thinking for their first goal and didn’t have enough to do after his mistake to push his rating any higher than straight down the middle.
TRAI HUME: 6.5/10
Struggled massively in the first half but he did assist the first goal in our comeback and ended up creating the joint-most chances today.
CHRIS MEPHAM: 6.5/10
I think he coped the best out of all of our defenders in that first half, though he wasn’t exactly brilliant. Obviously much better in the second 45.
DAN BALLARD: 7/10
He was all over the place in the first half but grew into the game and scored the first of our three.
DENNIS CIRKIN: 6/10
Probably the worst I’ve seen from him in a Sunderland shirt for quite a while at the start of the game. Seemingly couldn’t stop any crosses and was positioned incorrectly far too often. A much steadier performance following the break saves his rating.
DAN NEIL: 7.5/10
I don’t think he was too bad before the break and he scored a fantastic goal for the equaliser. Looked very composed after the restart.
JOBE BELLINGHAM: 8/10
Hugely shaky to start off with. Looked like a completely different player when things got back under way. Got the assist for the equaliser, scored the winner, drew the most fouls and created the joint-most chances.
PATRICK ROBERTS: 7/10
Roberts was unlucky today. It looked like he was cutting inside less often and actually looking for the pass. On a different day one of those low balls into the box gets tapped home.
CHRIS RIGG: 7/10
An assist for the third goal. Looked rather depleted before we got back into the match though. Our second definitely sprung him back into life. Needs a rest.
ELIEZER MAYENDA: 6.5/10
I’m not sure he was too great physically and he tended to be good at receiving the ball but struggled to create much with it after getting it. I’m taking into account the fact he was being played out of position and he got unlucky once or twice.
WILSON ISIDOR: 6.5/10
Another night and day performance from one of our players today. Hold up play was poor in the first half, much better in the second. Missed a great chance to score not long into the second 45 but he never stopped running.
SUBS:
LUKE O’NIEN: 6/10
Came on in the midst of us reversing the scoreline so not a massive amount of defensive work for him to do. He looked good at winning headers to stop them getting up the pitch though.
