Sunderland
  Darlington
Managers
Gustavo Poyet
(Sunderland)
Martin Gray
(Darlington)
Notes
Darlington's Jack Walker, subbed at half-time, returned in the 49th minute in place of Terry Galbraith.
Vito Mannone 46
Duncan Watmore 46
Billy Jones 46
Cabral 46
John O'Shea 46
Valentin Roberge 46
George Honeyman 46
Sebastian Larsson 46
Steven Fletcher 2 46
El-Hadji Ba 46
Max Clayton 46
Substitutes
Costel Pantilimon
46   Vito Mannone
Charis Mavrias
46   Duncan Watmore
David Ferguson
46   Billy Jones
Lee Cattermole
46   Cabral
Modibo Diakite
46   John O'Shea
Wes Brown
46   Valentin Roberge
David Moberg Karlsson
46   George Honeyman
Alfred N'Diaye
46   Sebastian Larsson
Connor Wickham 1
46   Steven Fletcher
Emanuele Giaccherini 1
46   El-Hadji Ba
Jordi Gomez 1
46   Max Clayton
Peter Jameson 46
Gary Brown 1
Jack Walker 46
Terry Galbraith 49
Chris Hunter
Liam Hatch 74
Adam Mitchell 79
Tom Portas
Stephen Thompson 46
Graham Armstrong 46
Amar Purewal
Substitutes
Mark Bell
46   Peter Jameson
Alan White
46   Jack Walker
Nathan Fisher
46   Stephen Thompson
Adam Cocks
79   Adam Mitchell
Dale Hopson
46   Graham Armstrong
Kyle Fryatt
74   Liam Hatch
David Mitchell
Damian Reekes
Jack Taylor
Tom Young
Ryan Williamson
Aidan O'Connor
Matty Lovegreen
Goals
Steven Fletcher 13  min
Steven Fletcher 20  min
Emanuele Giaccherini 47  min
Connor Wickham 70  min
Gary Brown 72  min
Jordi Gomez 81  min