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Post Match report for the Sunderland game - Saturday, 10th October 2026
* * * * * GREAT UP NORTH * * * * *
RESULT: 0-2 ~ de Cuyper Hadjam . . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: Stadium of Light, Sunderland - third away match of 6 fixtures to date . Sat 3pm
BEFORE KICKOFF: resuming from a lengthy Prem pause - this long trip to the northeast included Seagulls northern followers and also Scottish exiles for obvious reasons.
After all the place was big enough for hybrid travelling support to appreciate these various collective tribal affiliations.
WEATHER: max wind chill . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: literally up in the clouds.
FABIAN HURZELER was back after a prolonged delay to competitive domestic action for completion of the first period at nations league games.
He had received manager of the month for September but realised the on-target ball frequently bounced towards awarding big six clubs.
FH went with an unchanged eleven and bench regulars including Dunk returning from a niggle.
SQUAD: 8 Hinshelwood 30 Svoboda
INJURED: 11 Minteh 27 Wieffer 39 Azeez . REHAB: 7 Mitoma 9 Tzimas 28 Ferguson
OOL: 16 Cashin 22 Duberry 40 Buonanotte
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM: 1 Verbruggen
24 Kadioglu 44 Vuskovic 4 Struijk 21 Boscagli
25 Gomez 14 Andres 26 Ayari 29 de Cuyper
13 Gross (C) 19 Kostoulas
SUBS: 5 Dunk (60), 20 Costinha (68), 35 Yalcouye (68), 3 Hadjam (88), 10 Rutter (88)
BENCH: 23 Steele 12 David 15 Osman 33 ORiley
GOALS:
0-1 - 53 . DE CUYPER converts a Gross assist at a flowing forward foray.
0-2 - 93 . HADJAM scores on the break to open his account on debut. Assist Rutter.
YELLOWS: Boscagli 36 . . RED: Struijk 57
CHANGES: 60 Dunk for Costoulas . 68 Costinha & Yalcouye for Boscagli & de Cuyper
88 Hadjam & Rutter for Gomez & Ayari
FIRST HALF: both home & away sides shared equal possession and alternated spells of momentum.
SECOND HALF: visitors open scoring soon into this period.
Then immediately receive a straight red card via VAR.
Hurzeler makes an instant alteration then phases later introduction of subs.
IN THE END: an away victory with ten men gained from superb reorganisation.
NUMBERS: poss 62%-38% on target 3-4, off target 9-9, corners 7-5,
fouls 8-12, yellows 0-1, red 0-1, subs 4-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd13 pt13 po3
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