Sunderland staged another late, late, show as they beat play-off rivals Oxford United to return to the top six. The Black Cats followed Nathan Broadhead's injury-time winner against Gillingham on Wearside last week with an 89th minute winner at the Kassam Stadium, with substitute Elliot Embleton coming off the bench to score the crucial goal.
Skipper Corry Evans had put Sunderland in front on the quarter-hour, but Elliott Moore had headed Oxford level ten minutes before the break. In the second half, Oxford made the running but Embleton made the difference.
With Wycombe dropping points at Gillingham, Sunderland leapfrogged them to go sixth in the table on alphabetical order, with the sides level on points, goal difference, and goals scored - although the Black Cats do have a game in hand of the Chairboys. As for eighth-placed Oxford, this was their third successive defeat and they are now four points behind Sunderland and have also played one game more than the Wearsiders.
