Accrington Stanley v Sunderland – Carabao Cup
Last time out Sunderland drew at Ipswich and Accrington’s game with Bury was postponed.
Sunderland travel to the Wham Stadium in the first round of the Carabao (League) Cup. This will be Accrington’s first game of the season on their newly laid pitch.
With an important league game against Portsmouth on Saturday, Jack Ross has confirmed that Sunderland will be without five players for the trip to Accrington Stanley. Injured trio Glenn Loovens, Ethan Robson and Duncan Watmore remain out while Denver Hume and Dylan McGeouch will also miss the trip to Lancashire.
Jordan Willis came off injured on Saturday and may be rested.
Tickets for Sunderland fans wishing to pay on the night will be able to do so at the ground.
Tonight’s game will not be available to streamed. However, BBC Radio Newcastle’s Nick Barnes will be broadcasting live from 7pm.
Jack Ross:
“The first half was a long way short of where we need to be, a long way short of what we need to do as a team, and a long way short of what I would put my name to. Ultimately, it always comes back to me. “There was a frank discussion at half-time because we were a goal behind to a team that did the fundamentals a lot better than us.”
“They were aggressive, competitive, physical. That gave them a platform to go and create and we were deservedly behind.”
“We’ve got players with quality but you need to do the basics. It’s not very often I’ve said that in my time here, we’ve been frustrated by results at times, but there’s been very few times when I can be disappointed with the application. That was the case in the first 45 but credit to them, they turned it around.”
"Charlie is not far away and I'm hoping that he will be available for Accrington on Tuesday, Max missed a big chunk of pre-season and we had always pencilled in Accrington as his first game back."
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John Coleman:
“It’s going to be difficult, we know that, we had a couple of good games against them last year and what we’ve got to try and do now is put the disappointment of the Lincoln game behind us and try and kick on."
“As I said it’s going to be a tough game, but we’ve got players who are realising the way we play now."
“We have to learn from it, and hopefully the players will learn from it. I know the players are dying to get back out onto the pitch and try and right a few wrongs from that game.”
“I’m glad to get back on home soil and play a game at the Wham Stadium, obviously with the new pitch,” he added. It’s an added incentive for us to enjoy it and we’ll only enjoy it if we can get a positive result, so that’s what we’ll be aiming to do.”
Team Line ups
Sunderland: J.McLaughlin, C.McLaughlin, Ozturk, Baldwin, O'Nien, Power, Leadbitter, Embleton, Gooch, McGeady, Wyke
Subs: Burge, Bainbridge, Mumba, Diamond, Hackett, Kimpioka
Injured: Robson, Loovens, Watmore, McGeouch, Hume, Willis?
Accrington: Evtimov, Johnson, Hughes, Sykes, Maguire, Clark, Finley, Conneely, Pritchard, McConville, Bishop
Subs: Edwards, Sherif, Brown, Simmonds, Sousa, Bento de Carvalho, Bursik
Injured: tbc
Betting Odds:
Home 13/5 Away 19/20 Draw 12/5
My two pence:
We beat Accrington 3-0 right after losing the Checkatrade final. That was probably the last time we put in a decent performance for the full 90 minutes. Most of the team that night are still here with only a few of the subs moving on - so we should have enough to win this one.
My guess is a 1-1 draw and then we win the penalty shoot out.
Ha’way the Lads
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Last time out Sunderland drew at Ipswich and Accrington’s game with Bury was postponed.
Sunderland travel to the Wham Stadium in the first round of the Carabao (League) Cup. This will be Accrington’s first game of the season on their newly laid pitch.
With an important league game against Portsmouth on Saturday, Jack Ross has confirmed that Sunderland will be without five players for the trip to Accrington Stanley. Injured trio Glenn Loovens, Ethan Robson and Duncan Watmore remain out while Denver Hume and Dylan McGeouch will also miss the trip to Lancashire.
Jordan Willis came off injured on Saturday and may be rested.
Tickets for Sunderland fans wishing to pay on the night will be able to do so at the ground.
Tonight’s game will not be available to streamed. However, BBC Radio Newcastle’s Nick Barnes will be broadcasting live from 7pm.
Jack Ross:
“The first half was a long way short of where we need to be, a long way short of what we need to do as a team, and a long way short of what I would put my name to. Ultimately, it always comes back to me. “There was a frank discussion at half-time because we were a goal behind to a team that did the fundamentals a lot better than us.”
“They were aggressive, competitive, physical. That gave them a platform to go and create and we were deservedly behind.”
“We’ve got players with quality but you need to do the basics. It’s not very often I’ve said that in my time here, we’ve been frustrated by results at times, but there’s been very few times when I can be disappointed with the application. That was the case in the first 45 but credit to them, they turned it around.”
"Charlie is not far away and I'm hoping that he will be available for Accrington on Tuesday, Max missed a big chunk of pre-season and we had always pencilled in Accrington as his first game back."
Grant Leadbitter Preview
John Coleman:
“It’s going to be difficult, we know that, we had a couple of good games against them last year and what we’ve got to try and do now is put the disappointment of the Lincoln game behind us and try and kick on."
“As I said it’s going to be a tough game, but we’ve got players who are realising the way we play now."
“We have to learn from it, and hopefully the players will learn from it. I know the players are dying to get back out onto the pitch and try and right a few wrongs from that game.”
“I’m glad to get back on home soil and play a game at the Wham Stadium, obviously with the new pitch,” he added. It’s an added incentive for us to enjoy it and we’ll only enjoy it if we can get a positive result, so that’s what we’ll be aiming to do.”
Team Line ups
Sunderland: J.McLaughlin, C.McLaughlin, Ozturk, Baldwin, O'Nien, Power, Leadbitter, Embleton, Gooch, McGeady, Wyke
Subs: Burge, Bainbridge, Mumba, Diamond, Hackett, Kimpioka
Injured: Robson, Loovens, Watmore, McGeouch, Hume, Willis?
Accrington: Evtimov, Johnson, Hughes, Sykes, Maguire, Clark, Finley, Conneely, Pritchard, McConville, Bishop
Subs: Edwards, Sherif, Brown, Simmonds, Sousa, Bento de Carvalho, Bursik
Injured: tbc
Betting Odds:
Home 13/5 Away 19/20 Draw 12/5
My two pence:
We beat Accrington 3-0 right after losing the Checkatrade final. That was probably the last time we put in a decent performance for the full 90 minutes. Most of the team that night are still here with only a few of the subs moving on - so we should have enough to win this one.
My guess is a 1-1 draw and then we win the penalty shoot out.
Ha’way the Lads
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