3-5-2 · 4-2-3-1
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 90' | 1 | 0 | 2/3 | 22(68%) | 3 | 5/12 | |
| 7.1 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 66(77%) | - | 5/11 | |
Matty Blair MF | 7.0 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 22(82%) | 2 | 4/10 |
| 7.0 | 90' | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 29(69%) | 5 | 11/20 | |
| 7.0 | 73' | 0 | 0 | - | 24(79%) | 2 | 2/2 | |
Lewis Freestone DF | 6.8 | 10' | 0 | 0 | - | 5(60%) | 3 | 3/5 |
| 6.7 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 30(67%) | - | - | |
| 6.6 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 56(66%) | 1 | 4/6 | |
| 6.6 | 60' | 0 | 0 | - | 23(74%) | 1 | 1/3 | |
| 6.4 | 80' | 0 | 0 | - | 25(36%) | 2 | 3/8 | |
| 6.4 | 17' | 0 | 0 | - | 4(100%) | - | 0/2 | |
| 6.4 | 30' | 0 | 0 | - | 9(33%) | 1 | 3/9 | |
| 6.3 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 56(64%) | 1 | 6/12 | |
K. Etete FW | 6.3 | 90' | 0 | 1 | - | 23(57%) | 3 | 6/23 |
Before kickoff, Sunderland (4th, 54 pts) were 21 points ahead of Cheltenham Town (17th, 33 pts). Before kickoff, Sunderland were 4th in the table but 17th on points from the last five league games. Cheltenham Town had gone 12 matches without a win before this one.
Cheltenham Town trailed 0-1 at half-time and won 2-1.
