Player Ratings: Sunderland 0-0 Hull (Hull win on pens) - Black Cats punished for poor finishing

Lee Burge: 6/10

Struggled with his kicking, but didn’t have a meaningful save to make in normal time.

Jordan Willis: 7/10

Great all round performance. Was dominant in the air and looked confident joining attacks going forwards.

Bailey Wright: 7/10

Kept Tom Eaves quiet before his withdrawal, played with decent aggression and remains a calming presence when we look to build attacks out from the back.

Tom Flanagan: 5/10

The weak link in the team. Had difficulties dealing with Mallik Wilks’ pace and once again looked uncomfortable in possession.

Luke O’Nien: 5/10

Started excellently setting up an early chance and producing a quite brilliant cross soon after, before being exposed defensively in the second half, was lucky to avoid conceding a penalty.

Max Power: 7/10

Another smart passing display, Power was the more advanced of our two central midfielders and seemed to enjoy the greater responsibility in attack.

George Dobson: 6/10

Tidy with the ball, reckless at times without it, conceding needless fouls.

Denver Hume: 7/10

Night and day from preseason. Looked confident linking up with Power and showed a much improved final ball throughout, had one of his best games tackling too.

Aiden O’Brien: 7/10

Squandered a brilliant chance one-on-one, but looked good outside of that. Showcased his great quick feet often, and was unlucky not to have an assist within 15 seconds of his competitive debut.

Chris Maguire: 6/10

Loses a mark for missing an absolute sitter, could also have registered an early assist with better finishing from his teammates. Was his usual creative self all afternoon.

Will Grigg: 7/10

Looks re-energised this season. Was unlucky to have goal harshly chalked off early and battled more than last term, Grigg is finally getting on the end of chances in a Sunderland shirt.

(SUB) Charlie Wyke: 6/10

Had a great effort saved, barely saw the ball in his 15-minute cameo outside of that.

(SUB) Lynden Gooch: 4/10

A quite awful cameo, overhit passes, conceded dumb fouls and just never got to the grips with the game.

Man of the Match

Max Power

George Honeyman: 7/10

Didn’t create any chances, gave away the ball quite a bit, but boy does that lad graft. He gets the usual for being such a great human.