Summary

  • Sunderland 18th in the table - one point from safety

  • Black Cats could climb out of relegation zone with a win

  • Stoke City 11th in the table

  • Both teams one win in six Premier League games

  1. 'We're looking for players of all ages and abilities'published at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2017

    #PeoplesCup

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  2. HALF-TIME - Sunderland 1-3 Stokepublished at 15:48 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2017

    Shocking half by Sunderland. David Moyes has serious work to do. 

  3. Postpublished at 45 + 2 mins

    Sunderland 1-3 Stoke

    Shortly before Stoke's third goal, Vito Mannone was almost embarrassed by a shot from distance by Xherdan Shaqiri which rolled under the keeper and hit a post.  

  4. Postpublished at 45 mins

    Sunderland 1-3 Stoke

    Mark Hughes is looking at his watch. He wasn't doing that 10 minutes ago. Stoke want half-time.

  5. Turning back the clockpublished at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2017

    Sunderland 1-3 Stoke

  6. Postpublished at 43 mins

    Sunderland 1-3 Stoke

    No doubt about it. Jermain Defoe's 12th Premier League goal of the season has lifted the mood. Sunderland are finishing the half strongly. Another home goal before the interval would make it very interesting.

  7. goal

    GOAL - Sunderland 1-3 Stokepublished at 40 mins

    Jermain Defoe

    That's changed the atmosphere!

    One chance and one goal for Jermain Defoe who calmly slots past Lee Grant after a long punt forward caught the Stoke defence out.

    Mark Hughes will be furious.

    Jermain DefoeImage source, Reuters
  8. Postpublished at 38 mins

    Sunderland 0-3 Stoke

    First serious chance for Sunderland. Jack Rodwell fires straight at Lee Grant before screwing the rebound wide.

  9. Postpublished at 38 mins

    Sunderland 0-3 Stoke

    Scores of Sunderland fans have left their seats. Are they heading for an early half-time pint or have they had enough?

  10. No Sunderland shots, no Sunderland pressurepublished at 36 mins

    Sunderland 0-3 Stoke

    So, Sunderland are three goals down and having a shocker at the back.

    The bad news is that they are not exactly looking like getting back into the game with their attacking play at the other end either. With more than 35 minutes played, as well as being yet to have a shot at the Stoke goal, they have also only touched the ball once in the Stoke area - that was Adnan Januzaj by the way.

    Sunderland's heat-map is on the left, in case you were wondering. You probably weren't.

    Stoke, on the right, are finding it rather easy to get the ball into the danger zone... and the Sunderland net.

    Sunderland heat-map (l) and Stoke (r)Image source, BBC Sport
  11. goal

    GOAL - Sunderland 0-3 Stokepublished at 33 mins

    Peter Crouch

    Nightmare on Wearside. The home side have raised the white flag as Peter Crouch, who is completely unmarked, scores his 99th Premier League goal after Vito Mannone gets his timing all wrong. It's an excellent header but where was the marking? Shocking by David Moyes' side.

    Peter CrouchImage source, Reuters
    Peter CrouchImage source, Reuters
  12. Postpublished at 31 mins

    Sunderland 0-2 Stoke

    More sloppy defending by Sunderland almost results in a third goal. Papy Djilobodji does a terrible job shielding the ball inside his own penalty area and Xherdan Shaqiri is on to it in a flash. The hosts just about manage to do enough to prevent another goal. More jeers.

  13. Postpublished at 30 mins

    Sunderland 0-2 Stoke

    Half an hour gone. Six shots in the game - all to Stoke. Two resulting in goals. No wonder the mood is ugly.

  14. Defoe has had five touches so far... three at kick-offspublished at 15:28 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2017

    Sunderland 0-2 Stoke

    If Sunderland are going to get back into this game they need to find a way of feeding top-scorer Jermain Defoe inside the Stoke area. The former England striker has only touched the ball five times so far, and three of those were from a kick-off.

    Contrast Defoe's touch-map (l) with that with of Stoke's two-goal hero Marko Arnautovic (r) who has been working hard down the left and seeing plenty of the ball inside and outside the box, as well as finding the net twice.

    Jermain Defoe touches (l) and Marko Arnautovic (r)Image source, BBC Sport
  15. 'Shop floor dummies'published at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2017

    Sunderland 0-2 Stoke

    Chris Sutton
    Ex-Chelsea striker on Final Score

    Sunderland are usually defensively poor but that was absolutely shocking - their defenders were standing there like shop-floor dummies.

    It's great play from Stoke and a great finish from Marko Arnautovic but Sunderland are in massive trouble.

    David Moyes has no ability to spend real money in January - they are bang in trouble.

    David MoyesImage source, Reuters
  16. Postpublished at 27 mins

    Sunderland 0-2 Stoke

    Sunderland have kept two Premier League clean sheets this season. That tells you everything you need to know about this team. 

  17. Postpublished at 25 mins

    Sunderland 0-2 Stoke

    The atmosphere at the Stadium of Light is turning ugly. The jeers are becoming increasingly louder. David Moyes knows his side need to do something to keep the fans on side.

  18. goal

    GOAL - Sunderland 0-2 Stokepublished at 22 mins

    Marko Arnautovic

    Sunderland 0-2 Marko Arnautovic. 

    Sublime passing by the visitors slices open the Black Cats defence and Marko Arnautovic produces a cool finish to leave Stoke in total control.

    Groans from the home fans.

    Marko ArnautovicImage source, Getty Images
    Marko ArnautovicImage source, PA
  19. As it standspublished at 21 mins

    Sunderland 0-1 Stoke

    An awful afternoon for Sunderland so far. They started this game knowing a win could lift them out of the bottom three but they are now two points from safety as it stands. Stoke, who started the day 11th in the table, are currently 10th.

  20. Postpublished at 18 mins

    Sunderland 0-1 Stoke

    This has been very slap-dash by Sunderland. They're deep in a relegation battle but they have yet to settle and are giving the ball away cheaply.

    Stoke are bossing this.