Sunderland edged to their fourth Premier League win of the season with a 2-0 victory over strugglers Wolves.
Nordi Mukiele sent the Black Cats ahead at the Stadium of Light with a low effort that bounced between the legs of goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.
The visitors controlled the game after half-time but were unable to convert from promising positions, and saw good chances from substitutes Tolu Arokodare and Jackson Tchatchoua miss the target towards the end.
Any hopes of a possible comeback were then ended when Ladislav Krejci deflected the ball into his own net in stoppage time, leaving Vitor Pereira’s Wolves rooted to the bottom of the standings as Sunderland wrapped up three points.
The Black Cats made two changes from their defeat to Manchester United as Dan Ballard and Chris Rigg came into the line-up, and Wolves also made two changes from their last outing against Brighton, with Matt Doherty and Rodrigo Gomes starting.
Marshall Munetsi skewed an effort from distance wide in the early stages, but Sunderland began to settle and Wilson Isidor had a tidy top-corner finish from a tight angle disallowed for offside nine minutes in.
The visitors were forced to make a number of clearances as Sunderland sent a flurry of crosses into the box and the hosts eventually struck in the 17th minute.
Enzo Le Fee made a brilliant turn on the left to play in Mukiele and the defender quickly passed to Trai Hume on the edge of the area before receiving the ball back on the left, where his low strike bobbled between Johnstone’s legs and rolled into the bottom corner.
They had another brilliant opportunity when Mukiele’s long throw-in was flicked on by Ballard towards Hume at the back post and the full-back’s header smashed off the upright.
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