Sunderland
Walsall
Managers
Jack Ross
(Sunderland)
Dean Keates
(Walsall)
Notes
Sunderland had only 6 substitutes; Chris Maguire had to withdraw from the starting line-up after an injury in the warm-up, and sub Bryan Oviedo started in his place.
Jon McLaughlin
Adam Matthews
49
Reece James
Max Power
Tom Flanagan
Jack Baldwin
Bryan Oviedo
63
Luke O'Nien
Josh Maja
Aiden McGeady
1
Lynden Gooch
75
Substitutes
Robbin Ruiter
Jack Bainbridge
Alim Ozturk
Bali Mumba
75
Lynden Gooch
Jake Hackett
Jerome Sinclair
63
Bryan Oviedo
Liam Roberts
Nicky Devlin
Luke Leahy
George Dobson
Connor Johnson
Jon Guthrie
Josh Gordon
Liam Kinsella
Andy Cook
1
34
Isaiah Osbourne
Morgan Ferrier
88
Substitutes
Chris Dunn
Joe Edwards
Kieron Morris
Maziar Kouhyar
Connor Ronan
Josh Ginnelly
88
Morgan Ferrier
Dylan Parker
Goals
Aiden McGeady
37 min
Andy Cook
53 min