Middlesbrough vs Sunderland

[Nockya]

Smoggies vs Black Cats.
Tees - Wear derby to some.

The lads travel down the A19 to the Riverside Stadium but can we come away with all three points?

The team news:

Sunderland AFC starting XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Hjelde, Neil, Ekwah, Ba, Bellingham, Clarke, Burstow
SAFC subs: Bishop, Seelt, Pembele Roberts, Aouchiche, Kelly, Mundle, Rusyn, Hemir

This game is on TV for the 12 midday kick-off.

[Crawford]

We can win this game.

[Sunderland Nut]

We can win this game.

They are all winnable, but it's a new era and we have been hit-and-miss so far.
Of course, we want to win the Smogs, but we are going to have to work for this one.
One lapse in concentration and we are out of it because the lads' heads will drop.

[Spider]

We can win this game.

The statistics are that we have only won three times in 33 attempts down there. We can get a sneaky goal but Beale will have to be the conductor and guide the lads through it.

[Nockya]

It's a goal from Middlesbrough, I'm afraid to say.
That goal came from a free kick, we didn't have a chance.

1-0 to the Smoggies.

[cam]

The lads are behind 1-0, but the referee is suspect, has he got Stevie Wonder's glasses on or what?

[Spider]

Haway Sunderland, we seem to be fading, especially after going behind.

[Sunderland Nut]

Grabbing an equaliser would be canny.
Looking at the game now, I really can't see it happening.
This game has slipped after we did canny in the first half.

[Nockya]

Rusyn

1-1 with ten minutes to go.

[Spider]

Get innnnnn. Rusyn looks as surprised as me. Come on lads, snatch a winner.