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West Brom have won their last four Championship matches, having won just two of their first 17 league games of the seasonWest Bromwich Albion produced a superb second-half comeback to beat Sunderland and climb out of the Championship relegation zone.
Sunderland dominated the first half, deservedly going 1-0 up through Amad Diallo's 19th-minute penalty.
But the Baggies hit back as Tom Rogic curled a leveller with the outside of his boot in the 70th minute.
And Daryl Dike completed the turnaround and gave West Brom a fourth win in a row, heading home Jed Wallace's cross.
It was both injury-hit Dike's and Rogic's first goals for the visitors, denying Sunderland the chance to move up to seventh and to within one point of the play-offs.
Corberan's Baggies bouncing back
Such is the tightness of this season's Championship, West Brom are now just eight points off the top six with a game in hand.
They had started the day in 22nd, one point off safety.
Carlos Corberan's Baggies are a different outfit to the side that won just two of their first 17 matches. The Spaniard lost his first game in charge against Sheffield United at the end of October, but they have now beaten Blackpool, QPR, Stoke and the Black Cats.
West Brom lacked a clinical edge in front of goal in the first half, but they were much-improved in the second with Matt Phillips and Rogic forcing fine stops from Sunderland keeper Anthony Patterson.
Australian Rogic levelled things up with 20 minutes remaining, scoring his first goal in English football since moving from Celtic last summer.
And Dike, playing in just his third match of the season having picked up a thigh injury after the opening game, sealed all three points with a thumping header.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Sunderland
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Patterson
- 11Gooch
- 13O'Nien
- 6BatthBooked at 33minsSubstituted forRobertsat 89'minutes
- 42Alese
- 4Evans
- 24NeilSubstituted forCirkinat 74'minutes
- 16Diallo
- 21PritchardSubstituted forDajakuat 89'minutes
- 8EmbletonSubstituted forClarkeat 58'minutes
- 9SimmsSubstituted forBaat 89'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Cirkin
- 7Dajaku
- 10Roberts
- 12Bass
- 17Ba
- 20Clarke
- 32Hume
West Brom
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 24Palmer
- 2Furlong
- 4O'Shea
- 15PietersSubstituted forGardner-Hickmanat 65'minutes
- 3TownsendSubstituted forReachat 65'minutes
- 14MolumbySubstituted forRogicat 58'minutes
- 35Yokuslu
- 17J WallaceBooked at 71minsSubstituted forKellyat 86'minutes
- 19Swift
- 10Phillips
- 21Thomas-AsanteSubstituted forDikeat 64'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Button
- 7Rogic
- 12Dike
- 16Kelly
- 18Grant
- 20Reach
- 29Gardner-Hickman
Live Text
Match ends, Sunderland 1, West Bromwich Albion 2.
Second Half ends, Sunderland 1, West Bromwich Albion 2.
Daryl Dike (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Abdoullah Ba (Sunderland).
Substitution, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba replaces Ellis Simms.
Substitution, Sunderland. Leon Dajaku replaces Alex Pritchard.
Substitution, Sunderland. Patrick Roberts replaces Danny Batth.
Attempt missed. Danny Batth (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Pritchard with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Martin Kelly replaces Jed Wallace.
Goal! Sunderland 1, West Bromwich Albion 2. Daryl Dike (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jed Wallace with a cross.
Attempt missed. Danny Batth (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lynden Gooch with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Okay Yokuslu.
Foul by Adam Reach (West Bromwich Albion).
Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Taylor Gardner-Hickman (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Pritchard (Sunderland).
Substitution, Sunderland. Dennis Cirkin replaces Daniel Neil.
Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Sunderland 1, West Bromwich Albion 1. Tomas Rogic (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daryl Dike following a corner.
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