Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough: Ross Stewart and Amad Diallo secure Black Cats' derby win

Middlesbrough's Dael Fry (right) was sent disconnected for bringing down Ross Stewart aboriginal successful the 2nd half

Ross Stewart and Amad Diallo were connected people arsenic Sunderland overcame 10-man Middlesbrough successful the Wear-Tees derby.

Boro, depleted by Dael Fry's dismissal for conceding the spot-kick, fought hard but could not find a response.

Diallo sealed the victory, exchanging passes with Patrick Roberts and thumping successful the Black Cats' 2nd 9 minutes from time.

Sunderland's triumph lifts them to ninth spot successful the Championship table, conscionable a constituent down Boro who driblet down to sixth.

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The hosts looked the much potent broadside successful onslaught and should person gone up successful the ninth infinitesimal erstwhile Steffen's careless clearance flew consecutive to Diallo, but helium scuffed his decorativeness crossed extremity with lone the keeper to beat.

The on-loan Manchester United winger went adjacent again with a deflected volley, portion Stewart's effort was ruled retired for offside, pursuing up aft Steffen fumbled a Roberts shot.

Roberts acceptable up different accidental that Stewart speared implicit the barroom and Steffen atoned for his earlier mistake conscionable earlier the half-time whistle, clawing distant the Sunderland striker's crisp half-volley aft a uncommon gaffe by Fry.

Boro hardly threatened astatine the different end, though Black Cats goalkeeper Anthony Patterson needed to beryllium alert to get down and extremity a Marcus Forss effort astir the post.

Sunderland broke the deadlock, however, erstwhile Fry was caught retired again conscionable 4 minutes aft the restart, bringing down Stewart arsenic helium chased a done shot and earning himself a consecutive reddish paper from referee James Linington.

Although Steffen guessed correctly, diving to his near to crook Stewart's spot-kick connected to the post, the rebound fell perfectly for the Scotland planetary to tuck distant his seventh extremity successful six games.

Middlesbrough moved to enactment up their backmost line, sending connected erstwhile Sunderland antheral Paddy McNair and his captious situation prevented Edouard Michut from doubling the location side's vantage soon afterwards.

Despite half-chances for Riley McGree and Hayden Hackney, the visitors were incapable to interruption down a Sunderland broadside who utilised their vantage prudently.

Diallo wrapped up the points erstwhile helium collected a instrumentality shot from Roberts and chopped wrong connected to his near ft earlier firing past Steffen.