Match events
Minute by minute- 22' Yellow card: Trai Hume Sunderland
- 30' Yellow card: Omar Alderete Sunderland
- 38' Yellow card: Ayoub Oufkir AZ Alkmaar
- 45' Substitution: Weslley PatatiOff: Ayoub Oufkir AZ Alkmaar
- Half-time 0–0
- 52' Substitution: Danny BallardOff: Omar Alderete Sunderland
- 59' Substitution: Valdemar ByskovOff: Kees Smit AZ Alkmaar
- 64' Yellow card: Weslley Patati AZ Alkmaar
- 66'1–0 Penalty goal: Enzo Le Fée pen Sunderland
- 67' Substitution: Thomas MeunierOff: Trai Hume Sunderland
- 67' Substitution: Brian BrobbeyOff: Malick Fofana Sunderland
- 67' Substitution: Nilson AnguloOff: Wilson Isidor Sunderland
- 72' Yellow card: Nordi Mukiele Sunderland
- 76' Substitution: Dave KwakmanOff: Jordy Clasie AZ Alkmaar
- 83' Substitution: Jizz HornkampOff: Mexx Meerdink AZ Alkmaar
- 83' Substitution: Calvin StengsOff: Lewis Schouten AZ Alkmaar
- 84' Substitution: Chris RiggOff: Kevin Danso Sunderland
Line-ups
Confirmed
Sunderland4-2-3-14-2-3-1AZ Alkmaar
- 22 Roefs
- 17 Mandava
- 1552' Alderete
- 484' Danso
- 20 Mukiele
- 27 Sadiki
- 34 Xhaka
- 3967' Fofana
- 28 Le Fée
- 3267' Hume
- 1867' Isidor
- 28 De Busser
- 5 Chávez
- 483' Schouten
- 3 Goes
- 22 Dijkstra
- 6 Koopmeiners
- 876' Clasie
- 11 Daal
- 1059' Smit
- 2445' Oufkir
- 983' Meerdink
Sunderland bench
- 11Chris Rigg84'
- 10Nilson Angulo67'
- 5Danny Ballard52'
- 9Brian Brobbey67'
- 12Thomas Meunier67'
AZ Alkmaar bench
- 21Dave Kwakman76'
- 19Jizz Hornkamp83'
- 14Calvin Stengs83'
- 7Weslley Patati45'
- 17Valdemar Byskov59'