Sunderland climbed to 12th in the Championship table following their 2-0 win at Huddersfield Town. Alex Pritchard scored on his return to his former club to set the Black Cats on their way to victory early in the second period.
And Amad added the second in injury-time as Sunderland his the Terriers on the counter-attack. It was a first away win since mid-September for Tony Mowbray's side, and it brought them into midtable.
Huddersfield remain bottom of the table having won just one of their last five games.
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Here's how our Sunderland writer James Hunter rated the players.
Anthony Patterson 7
Made one crucial save from Holmes, just before Sunderland scored
Luke O'Nien 7
A strong performance at right-back
Bailey Wright 7
Solid alongside Batth in central defence
Danny Batth 7
Won everything in the air
Dennis Cirkin 7
Got forward whenever he could from left-back
Corry Evans 6
Kept the midfield ticking over and brought a save out of Nicholls
Elliot Embleton 6
Always involved in central midfield
Patrick Roberts 7
Showed flashes of skill, not least in providing the assist for Pritchard
Amad 7
Heavily involved in the first goal, and scored the second
Alex Pritchard 6
Not his best performance, but scoring against his old club was a sweet moment
Leon Dajaku 5
Struggled make an impact and was subbed at half-time
Subs
Ellis Simms 7
For Dajaku 46mins. His strength and size gave Sunderland an outlet in the second half
Dan Neil 6
For Evans 61mins. Fresh legs for the final half-hour
Abdoullah Ba 6
For Embleton 61mins. Worked hard in the middle of the park and showed some good touches
Jay Matete N/A
For Roberts 79mins.
Jewison Bennette N/A
For Pritchard 90+1mins.
Not used: Bass, Hume
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