Match ends, Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.

Second Half ends, Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.

Offside, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic is caught offside.

Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman.

Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Liam Millar with a cross.

Substitution, Sunderland. Eliezer Mayenda replaces Jobe Bellingham.

Substitution, Sunderland. Jenson Seelt replaces Alex Pritchard.

Foul by Liam Lindsay (Preston North End).

Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution, Preston North End. Emil Riis replaces Mads Frökjaer-Jensen.

Foul by Will Keane (Preston North End).

Dan Ballard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba replaces Nazarii Rusyn.

Foul by Brad Potts (Preston North End).

Trai Hume (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Liam Millar (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Timothée Pembélé (Sunderland).

Substitution, Sunderland. Timothée Pembélé replaces Ajibola Alese.

Substitution, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic replaces Ched Evans.

Substitution, Preston North End. Will Keane replaces Ali McCann.

Foul by Ched Evans (Preston North End).

Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Attempt missed. Ali McCann (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Browne.

Foul by Ali McCann (Preston North End).

Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Ched Evans (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Luke O'Nien (Sunderland).

Attempt saved. Ali McCann (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ched Evans.

Attempt blocked. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brad Potts.

Foul by Daniel Neil (Sunderland).

Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Offside, Sunderland. Jack Clarke is caught offside.

Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Dan Ballard (Sunderland).

Attempt blocked. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ched Evans.

Attempt saved. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Hughes.

Attempt blocked. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

Foul by Ched Evans (Preston North End).

Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Second Half begins Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.

First Half ends, Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.

Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).

Daniel Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Goal! Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0. Nazarii Rusyn (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Clarke following a fast break.

Liam Lindsay (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Nazarii Rusyn (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Liam Lindsay (Preston North End).

Attempt missed. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Trai Hume.

Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).

Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Anthony Patterson.

Foul by Dan Ballard (Sunderland).

Ched Evans (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Attempt missed. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.

Attempt blocked. Liam Millar (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Storey.

Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Trai Hume.

Attempt missed. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.

Attempt saved. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nazarii Rusyn.

Nazarii Rusyn (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Andrew Hughes (Preston North End).

Attempt saved. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ajibola Alese.

Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.

Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Liam Millar (Preston North End).

Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).

Goal! Sunderland 1, Preston North End 0. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pierre Ekwah.

Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Pierre Ekwah.

Attempt missed. Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.

Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.

Attempt blocked. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Hughes.

Foul by Jack Clarke (Sunderland).

Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Attempt missed. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jobe Bellingham.

First Half begins.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.