Sunderland's play-off hopes took a knock as they dropped two points at home against relegation strugglers Huddersfield Town. The Black Cats led through Joe Gelhardt's strike ten minutes before the break, and they could have been out of sight by half-time with Amad, Gelhardt, Lynden Gooch, and Jack Clarke all missing good opportunities.
But in the second half Huddersfield came out fired up and they levelled through Josh Koroma on the hour. Sunderland could still have gone on to win it, but they could not convert their chances.
The draw meant Tony Mowbray's side moved up to eighth place and cut the gap between themselves and the play-off spots to a single point, although several of their rivals are in action tomorrow night and could overtake them, while Huddersfield edged two points clear of the drop zone. Mowbray made two changes to the side that started the weekend win against Birmingham, both of which were forced upon him.
