Fleetwood Town vs Sunderland; Sky Bet League One
Fleetwood Town vs Sunderland. Sky Bet League One.
Highbury StadiumAttendance4,011.
Fleetwood Town 2
- P Madden (73rd minute)
- A Eastham (95th minute)
Sunderland 1
- L Cattermole (29th minute)
Fleetwood 2-1 Sunderland: Black Cats' automatic promotion hopes ended
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Tuesday 30 April 2019 22:41, UK
Sunderland's Sky Bet League One automatic promotion dreams are over after they lost 2-1 away at Fleetwood.
Lee Cattermole gave the visitors the lead but Paddy Madden and Ashley Eastham secured the points for the home side.
Sunderland created early chances when Max Power was kept out by goalkeeper Alex Cairns after good work from Chris Maguire before Will Grigg struck the crossbar.
Jack Ross' side led on the half-hour at Highbury, as an unmarked Cattermole guided Lewis Morgan's corner from the right across goal past Cairns and into the bottom-left corner.
After the break, Maguire arrowed his right-footed strike just wide of the left post after Grigg's knockdown, while visiting 'keeper John McLaughlin was forced to keep out forward Madden's low effort.
Joey Barton's side were level with 73 minutes played after captain Madden slid the ball right-footed under McLaughlin following Lewie Coyle's pull-back from the right.
Fleetwood's winner came deep into injury-time as centre-back Eastham powered the ball into the top-left corner from Ross Wallace's corner on the right.
The result sees Sunderland remain in fourth position in the table, while Fleetwood are in 11th.
Sunderland's final game of the season at Southend on Saturday will be shown live on Sky Sports Football from 5pm. Kick-off is at 5.30pm.