Sunderland came from behind - and held on with ten men - to beat Birmingham City at the Stadium of Light and move to within a point of the play-off places. The Black Cats fell behind on the half-hour as George Hall put the Blues ahead.
But Trai Hume levelled in injury-time at the end of the first half and, with a quarter-of-an-hour to go, Amad scored his 12th goal of the season to complete the turnaround. Minutes later, Dennis Cirkin was sent off for a second bookable offence which meant Sunderland had to hang on for dear life towards the end but they saw the game out.
And that win lifted them to ninth in the table and cut the gap between themselves and the play-off spots to a single point, at least until Blackburn Rovers take on Hull City later this evening. Sunderland made it back-to-back wins after their victory at Cardiff on Easter Monday, ending their two-month wait for a home win in the process, and extended their unbeaten run to five games.
