Aston Villa scored their first Premier League goal of the season but wasted a glorious chance to get a first win in a 1-1 draw with 10-man Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.
WATCH — Sunderland vs Aston Villa
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What’s next?
Sunderland go to Nottingham Forest at 12:30pm ET Saturday.
Villa host Bologna in their first Europa League match this season on Thursday, then welcome Fulham to Villa Park at 9am Sunday in the Premier League.
How to watch Sunderland vs Aston Villa live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 9 am ET, Sunday
Venue: Stadium of Light — Sunderland
TV Channel: Peacock
Streaming: Stream live on Peacock
Sunderland vs Aston Villa final score: 1-1
Goal scorer: Matty Cash 67′, Wilson Isidor 75′
Red card: Reinildo, 33′
Sunderland vs Aston Villa live score — by Nick Mendola
Villa can’t win it!
Jadon Sancho plays a glorious cross from the left and neither Ollie Watkins’ header attempt nor Cash’s back post crash and get to the ball in the second minute of stoppage time.
Aston Villa subs
Jadon Sancho and Lamare Bogarde for Boubacar Kamara and Morgan Rogers a minute later.
Sunderland subs
Isidor, Talbi, and Le Fee exit for Eliezer Mayenda, Arthur Masuaku, and Lutsharel Geertruida in the 81st minute.
Wilson Isidor goal — Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
The 10-man Black Cats strike back!
Xhaka heads a half-clearance back into the area, and Isidor gets behind Cash to poke past Emi Martinez.
Wow. 1-1, 75′.
Isidor grabs Sunderland’s equalizer against Villa
Sunderland refuse to be denied despite being a man down as Wilson Isidor’s equalizer makes it 1-1 against Aston Villa late in the second half at the Stadium of Light.
Matty Cash goal — Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa
The man who drew the red card now puts Villa in front.
Cash is well outside the 18 when he runs onto a loose ball and drills it toward goal.
The ball knuckles a bit but Roefs, who has been so good this year, needed to do better than an inaccurate punch.
Everyone, Villa have scored a goal… and they may have three points in tow, up a man with 22 minutes plus stoppage left in the northeast.
Cash’s screamer gives Villa lead over Sunderland
Aston Villa finally score their first goal of the season thanks to Matty Cash’s audacious strike from distance to make it 1-0 against Sunderland.
Black Cats are in control
Who have 10 men? Sunderland continue to threaten Villa, who are a shell of themselves.
Sunderland off the bar
Villa have to get it together, as 10-man Sunderland have come close to taking a lead just after halftime.
Halftime — Sunderland 0-0 Aston Villa
The red card has helped Villa improve possession to 60 percent but they’re still being out-attempted at the Stadium of Light.
Sunderland also have the athleticism to counter attack with vigor, so this is far from settled in favor of the visitors.
Shots are 5-3 to Sunderland, with xG 0.34-0..19 to Villa.
Villa must feel pressure
Up a man and without a goal this Premier League season, there’s been a little uneasiness in the final third for Villa.
They have to score and win here, and doing it before halftime would be great — the last thing they need is give Regis Le Bris a chance to firm up Sunderland’s 10-man defense.
Black Cats change after red card
Chris Rigg’s full Premier League debut is done, as the teenager gives way to back Dan Ballard in the 37th minute.
0-0.
Sunderland red card! Reinildo lashes out (video)
Black Cats defender Reinildo is done!
The Mozambican is prone as he kicks up into Matty Cash’s midsection.
It’s a red card, and no review is going to change this.
Sunderland will have 10 men at most for the remaining hour or so of play.
Sunderland’s Mandava sent off against Aston Villa
Sunderland go down to 10 men following Reinildo Mandava’s straight red card for kicking out at Aston Villa’s Matty Cash at the Stadium of Light.
Villa get a promising free kick
Matty Cash is presiding over a free kick from a dozen yards outside the 18.
The players queue up around the penalty spot, and Sunderland keeper Robin Roefs makes an excellent double save (the second shot of which came from an offside position).
Even start
Deservedly scoreless and Sunderland flash a quarter-chance header over the goal in the first real opportunity of the game.
0-0, 14′.
Sunderland lineup
Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Talbi, Rigg, Le Fee, Isidor
Aston Villa lineup
Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Kamara, McGinn, Guessand, Rogers, Buendia, Watkins
Sunderland vs Aston Villa preview — by Andy Edwards
Unai Emery’s side is the only one in the top seven divisions of English football yet to score this season and they sit 19th (2 points) after finishing 7th, 4th and 6th in his first three seasons at the helm. Why aren’t they scoring? The simple answer is: They aren’t creating enough good chances. Their xG totals, in order: 0.20, 1.19, 1.14, 0.54. Interestingly enough, it was the first and last games from which they earned their two points, against Newcastle and Everton. What was not so long ago a lightning quick counter-attacking team, has quickly become a slow, plodding, unimaginative side with Emi Buendia and John McGinn expected to supply Ollie Watkins, who has taken just eight shots on the season (two on target). The hope is that Manchester United loanee Jadon Sancho will crack the starting lineup sooner rather than later and add a creative spark.
Sunderland, meanwhile, are loving life back in the top flight after eight excruciating seasons lost at sea. The Black Cats don’t create that quite as much as they’d like offensively (just 33 shots in four games), but they’re not giving up a ton either (only 37 shots allowed). Regis Le Bris’ side was probably unlucky to lose to Burnley at Turf Moor in matchweek 2 and maybe shouldn’t have taken a point away to Crystal Palace last weekend, so there’s enough there to believe that Sunderland can certainly stay up this season.
Sunderland team news, focus
OUT: Luke O’Nien (shoulder), Romaine Mundle (thigh), Leo Fuhr Hjelde (achilles), Dennis Cirkin (wrist) | QUESTIONABLE: Aji Alese (shoulder)
Aston Villa team news, focus
OUT: Youri Tielemans (lower leg) | QUESTIONABLE: Ross Barkley (personal) , Boubacar Kamara (hamstring), Amadou Onana (hamstring), Andres Garcia (knock)
Sunderland vs Aston Villa prediction
We’re going with the home side based solely only vibes at this point in the season, but Villa will finally score. Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa.
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