Alex Pritchard is starring for Sunderland

In what has been a season filled with change for Sunderland, beneath Tony Mowbray they lastly appear to have settled considerably and located some consistency.

Beginning properly beneath Alex Neil, his surprise exit may have pissed off followers who thought the progress made by the Scotsman would then go to waste.

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Nevertheless, with final night time’s win, the Black Cats have moved as much as 12th within the Championship and may have their sights set on an unlikely however wholly potential promotion push.

This victory ended a run of eight video games the place that they had gained simply once.

Though Amad Diallo’s late objective sealed the consequence, the opener from Alex Pritchard summed up a season’s value of graft for somebody who usually goes beneath the radar.

The 29-year-old really obtained the joint-highest ranking of anybody on the pitch, and in addition to his objective gained 100% of his floor duels and touched the ball 48 instances too.

That is nothing new for the midfielder, who following their playoff remaining victory was described as having a “superb work rate” by journalist Phil Smith.

Following this win over Huddersfield City, Pritchard was additional lauded by journalist Josh Bunting who claimed he was “getting back to his best” now.

His common SofaScore ranking of 7.07 is additional indicative of his consistency within the facet, the place he has featured in every single one of their league video games this season.

This ranking really sees him ranked third amongst his teammates too, even above the resurgent Dennis Cirkin, who has two objective contributions in his final 5 matches beneath Mowbray.

It might have been his first objective of the marketing campaign, however with three assists too, he has greater than contributed to the stunning success that they’ve had thus far.

Pritchard affords an extremely regular choice within the Sunderland midfield and might all the time be relied upon to provide stable performances.

The truth that he makes 2.2 key passes per recreation in addition to 1.4 tackles additional highlights his all-around recreation and the huge scope of what he does for the group.

His continued involvement marks a Mowbray masterclass, and with one other fully winnable recreation developing towards 18th-placed Cardiff Metropolis on the Stadium of Mild, he should keep proper the place he’s to present them the very best likelihood of back-to-back wins.