8 Patterson: Important saves, commanded his box, calm with the ball at his feet.

8 Gooch: Wore the armband and led by example. Did superbly well to dig out cross for Cirkin equaliser

7 Hume: Composed in unfamiliar back three. Along with fellow defenders, tremendous job to keep West Brom out in second half.

7 O’Nien: Held together makeshift defence. As committed as ever. Unlucky with penalty.

8 Cirkin: Conceded possession in build-up to first goal but made amends in stunning fashion with second half double.

8 Clarke: Tireless on the left. Supported Cirkin and defence and an outlet in attack. Went close in second half.

8 Neil: Helped Sunderland get a grip after difficult start and made the visitors tick.

6 Ekwah: Tidy on the ball but game passed him by at times.

7 Amad: A threat throughout. Looked a real danger in the second half on the counter

6 Ba: Brave early tackle in his own box. Full of running but not at his dangerous best.

7 Gelhardt: Fine performance carrying a knock and up against two imposing central defenders. Kept them on their toes with clever movement and touches.

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Substitutes:

Roberts (for Ba, 68): Threat on the counter from the bench. 7

Michut (for Ekwah, 68): Helped settle things down and put a foot on the ball. 7

Pritchard (for Gelhardt, 77) N/A

Substitutes not used: Bass, Taylor, Lihadji, Anderson

West Brom (4-2-3-1): Palmer 6, Furlong 6, Ajayi 6, Pieters 6 (Bartley, 90), Townsend 6; Molumby 6 (Rogic, 90), Yokuslu 6 (Gardner-Hickman, 85) ; Wallace 5, SWIFT 7 (Faal, 90), Grant 6 (Albrighton, 83), Thomas-Asante 5

Substitutes not used: Griffiths, Livermore

Man of the Match: Dennis Cirkin. The perfect response to first half error with second half double to lift his side into top six.