Sunderland will take a priceless lead into the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final after coming from behind to beat Luton Town at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats trailed to an early strike from Elijah Adebayo, but Amad scored a stunning equaliser before half-time.
And then just after the hour Trai Hume headed the Wearsiders in front to complete the turnaround in front of a crowd of more than 46,000 - the highest of the season at the Stadium of Light, and therefore the EFL. It means Sunderland will head into Tuesday night's return fixture at Kenilworth Road with a narrow - but crucial - single-goal lead against a Hatters side that had finished 11 points ahead of them in third place at the end of the regular Championship season.
Tony Mowbray made one change to the side that started the final game of the regular Championship season at Preston, which was forced upon him by Dennis Cirkin's ankle injury picked up at Deepdale. Alex Pritchard came into the side in his place, meaning the Black Cats started with a back three against Luton just as they had in the second half against Preston.
