- Match ends, Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.
- 90'+5' Second Half ends, Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.
- 90'+3' Offside, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic is caught offside.
- 90' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman.
- 86' Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Liam Millar with a cross.
- 85' Substitution, Sunderland. Eliezer Mayenda replaces Jobe Bellingham.
- 85' Substitution, Sunderland. Jenson Seelt replaces Alex Pritchard.
- 80' Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80' Foul by Liam Lindsay (Preston North End).
- 79' Substitution, Preston North End. Emil Riis replaces Mads Frökjaer-Jensen.
- 77' Foul by Will Keane (Preston North End).
- 77' Dan Ballard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76' Substitution, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba replaces Nazarii Rusyn.
- 72' Trai Hume (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72' Foul by Brad Potts (Preston North End).
- 71' Liam Millar (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71' Foul by Timothée Pembélé (Sunderland).
- 70' Substitution, Sunderland. Timothée Pembélé replaces Ajibola Alese.
- 67' Substitution, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic replaces Ched Evans.
- 67' Substitution, Preston North End. Will Keane replaces Ali McCann.
- 66' Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66' Foul by Ched Evans (Preston North End).
- 62' Attempt missed. Ali McCann (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Browne.
- 60' Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60' Foul by Ali McCann (Preston North End).
- 59' Foul by Luke O'Nien (Sunderland).
- 59' Ched Evans (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58' Attempt saved. Ali McCann (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ched Evans.
- 58' Attempt blocked. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brad Potts.
- 57' Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57' Foul by Daniel Neil (Sunderland).
- 57' Offside, Sunderland. Jack Clarke is caught offside.
- 53' Foul by Dan Ballard (Sunderland).
- 53' Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 52' Attempt blocked. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ched Evans.
- 51' Attempt saved. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Hughes.
- 51' Attempt blocked. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 48' Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48' Foul by Ched Evans (Preston North End).
- 45' Second Half begins Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.
- 45'+2' First Half ends, Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.
- 45'+1' Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
- 45'+1' Daniel Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44' Goal! Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0. Nazarii Rusyn (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Clarke following a fast break.
- 39' Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 39' Nazarii Rusyn (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39' Foul by Liam Lindsay (Preston North End).
- 38' Attempt missed. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Trai Hume.
- 35' Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35' Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).
- 32' Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Anthony Patterson.
- 29' Foul by Dan Ballard (Sunderland).
- 29' Ched Evans (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28' Attempt missed. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 28' Attempt blocked. Liam Millar (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Storey.
- 27' Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Trai Hume.
- 24' Attempt missed. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 24' Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nazarii Rusyn.
- 23' Nazarii Rusyn (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 23' Foul by Andrew Hughes (Preston North End).
- 21' Attempt saved. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ajibola Alese.
- 19' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
- 15' Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15' Foul by Liam Millar (Preston North End).
- 14' Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14' Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
- 10' Goal! Sunderland 1, Preston North End 0. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pierre Ekwah.
- 8' Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Pierre Ekwah.
- 7' Attempt missed. Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 5' Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 5' Attempt blocked. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Hughes.
- 3' Foul by Jack Clarke (Sunderland).
- 3' Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2' Attempt missed. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jobe Bellingham.
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
