Sunderland
  Darlington
Managers
Dick Advocaat
(Sunderland)
Martin Gray
(Darlington)
Notes
Vito Mannone saved a Stephen Thompson penalty in the 56th minute. Darlington had 4 trialists in their squad: Lovegreen, Kitchen, Fisher and McLean.
Jordan Pickford 46
Billy Jones 74
Patrick van Aanholt 46
Liam Bridcutt 74
Wes Brown 46
Tom Beadling
Emanuele Giaccherini 2
Lee Cattermole 46
Danny Graham 1
Jermain Defoe 46
Adam Johnson
Substitutes
Vito Mannone
46   Jordan Pickford
Adam Matthews
46   Patrick van Aanholt
Thomas Robson
74   Billy Jones
George Brady
46   Wes Brown
Martin Smith
74   Liam Bridcutt
Will Buckley
46   Lee Cattermole
Connor Wickham 1
46   Jermain Defoe
Peter Jameson
Gary Brown 74
Terry Galbraith 46
Kevin Burgess 46
Chris Hunter 51
Adam Nowakowski 46
Adam Mitchell 1 46
Phil Turnbull 57
David Dowson 57
Nathan Cartman 57
Stephen Thompson 1
Substitutes
Matty Lovegreen
74   Gary Brown
Ian Watson
46   Terry Galbraith
Alan White
46   Kevin Burgess
Alex Kitchen
51   Chris Hunter
Tom Portas
46   Adam Nowakowski
Rob Youhill
46   Adam Mitchell
Leon Scott
57   Phil Turnbull
Matt Fisher
57   David Dowson
Jack McLean
57   Nathan Cartman
Goals
Stephen Thompson 8  min
Adam Mitchell 18  min
Emanuele Giaccherini 23  min
Danny Graham 53  min
Connor Wickham 61  min
Emanuele Giaccherini 70  min