Match stats

PORT VALE.........................1 (Pope, 35) SUNDERLAND..................... 2 (Honeyman, 1, Gooch, 19)

POSSESSION Port Vale........................38% Sunderland .....................62%

GOAL ATTEMPTS Port Vale.......11 (2 on target) Sunderland .... 13 (5 on target)

CORNERS Port Vale............................3 Sunderland ......................... 6

FOULS Port Vale............................7 Sunderland ......................... 8

THE REFEREE Anthony Backhouse (Cumbria) 5

CARD WATCH YELLOW – Port Vale: Joyce (foul, 67). Sunderland: Mcgeady (foul, 49). RED – Port Vale: None. Sunderland: None.

THE CROWD Attendance ................. 7,238 MATCH RATING Entertainment .................... 8