Sunderland: Simms was the villain vs Hull

Sunderland earned a 1-1 draw in opposition to relegation-threatened Hull Metropolis on Saturday afternoon, with Ellis Simms particularly disappointing for Tony Mowbray’s facet.

After a disappointing defeat in opposition to West Brom on the Stadium of Gentle on Monday night, the Black Cats may have been hoping to bounce again away from house on Saturday afternoon.

Nonetheless, they may solely muster a degree in opposition to the Tigers, with Ozan Tufan’s late strike cancelling out Ross Stewart’s opener, which got here quarter-hour after Elliot Embleton had been proven a straight purple card.

It was all the time going to be tough for Mowbray’s facet to earn all three factors after the midfielder’s dismissal however in reality, the efficiency earlier than that was already disappointing and the blame mustn’t lie solely with Embleton, who was maybe unlucky to be despatched off provided that he was badly injured within the course of.

It was arguably Simms who was essentially the most disappointing performer on Saturday afternoon, with Sofascore awarding him a poor 6.4/10 score for his show, with solely Amad Diallo (6.2) and Embleton (6.1) ranked decrease of the Sunderland gamers to characteristic within the recreation.

Throughout his 60 minutes on the pitch, the Everton loanee would handle simply 16 touches of the ball and full seven passes, each of which had been fewer than goalkeeper Anthony Patterson, who contributed 45 touches and 26 passes.

It was additionally fewer than his alternative Ross Stewart, who had 25 touches and eight passes so as to add to his aim, regardless of being on the pitch for half the time.

On the few events Simms did have the ball on the KC Stadium, he was very wasteful with it, failing with all three of his dribble makes an attempt and failing to register a key go or shot on course, whereas he additionally misplaced possession seven occasions.

Contemplating he has averaged 1.9 pictures, 0.9 key passes and 0.3 dribbles per recreation within the second tier to this point this marketing campaign, it’s clear that he was nowhere close to his finest in opposition to Hull, and Mowbray may think about handing Stewart a begin forward of the teenager once they tackle Blackburn on Boxing Day.