Preston North End 0-3 Sunderland: Black Cats crush Preston at Deepdale to reach play-offs

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Sunderland sneaked into the Championship play-offs acknowledgment to a crushing triumph implicit Preston North End and Millwall's astonishing 4-3 decision against Blackburn Rovers.

The Black Cats needed maximum points and for different results to spell their mode connected the last day, and successful a bewildering climax to the regular season, Tony Mowbray's broadside kept their portion of the bargain successful benignant arsenic spectacular second-half strikes from Amad Diallo, Alex Pritchard and Jack Clarke saw them romp to victory.

Coventry City booked the different slot acknowledgment to a 1-1 gully distant against already promoted Middlesbrough, but Millwall squandered a 3-1 vantage astatine location against chap hopefuls Blackburn, meaning they missed retired to the Black Cats by a point.

Sunderland volition look Luton Town successful the play-offs.

Monday's EFL enactment and reaction

More to follow.

Line-ups

Preston

Formation 3-1-4-2

1Woodman
14StoreyBooked astatine 4mins
5Bauer
6Lindsay
13McCann
44Potts
15ParrottSubstituted forOnomahat 56'minutes
18LedsonBooked astatine 84mins
2Fernández
7DelapSubstituted forWoodburnat 69'minutes
28Cannon

Substitutes

17Onomah
20Woodburn
25Cornell
31Slater
32Leigh
35Mawene
37Kamara

Sunderland

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Patterson
11GoochSubstituted forAndersonat 66'minutes
32Hume
13O'Nien
3CirkinSubstituted forPritchardat 45'minutes
24Neil
39EkwahSubstituted forLihadjiat 86'minutes
10Roberts
16DialloSubstituted forBaat 86'minutes
20Clarke
28GelhardtSubstituted forMichutat 72'minutes

Substitutes

12Bass
17Ba
18Taylor
21Pritchard
22Lihadji
25Michut
45Anderson

Referee:Robert Madley

Attendance:21,177

Live Text

Match ends, Preston North End 0, Sunderland 3.
Second Half ends, Preston North End 0, Sunderland 3.
Attempt blocked. Brad Potts (Preston North End) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Bauer.
Daniel Neil (Sunderland) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Josh Onomah (Preston North End).
Édouard Michut (Sunderland) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Thomas Cannon (Preston North End).
Substitution, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba replaces Amad Diallo.
Substitution, Sunderland. Isaac Lihadji replaces Pierre Ekwah due to the fact that of an injury.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland).
Ryan Ledson (Preston North End) is shown the yellowish card.
Édouard Michut (Sunderland) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Ryan Ledson (Preston North End).
Daniel Neil (Sunderland) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Ben Woodburn (Preston North End).
Édouard Michut (Sunderland) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Woodburn (Preston North End).
Substitution, Sunderland. Édouard Michut replaces Joe Gelhardt.
Offside, Sunderland. Trai Hume tries a done ball, but Patrick Roberts is caught offside.