Sunderland lead 2-1 against West Ham United at half time at the Stadium of Light as they look for their first win of the Premier League season.
The form heavily pointed towards an away win, with Sunderland winless at the bottom of the Premier League with four losses in a row and West Ham fourth in the table having won all three away matches in the league so far.
However, after a fiesty opening which saw Hammers captain Mark Noble booked after three minutes, the hosts took the lead after 10 minutes when Yann M'Vila played a free kick into the path of Steven Fletcher, who fired his side's first league goal since August 29 past Adrian for the opener.
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Dick Advocaat's side could have doubled their lead just moments later when Fabio Borini fired into the side-netting after Ola Toivonen's clever pass, as the Black Cats looked to extend their rare advantage.
That was just the second goal that West Ham had conceded away from home in the league, but that number became three midway through the half when Jeremain Lens doubled his side's lead in style, lobbing past Adrian from the edge of the area via the underside of the crossbar.
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Sunderland looked a transformed side, and it could even have been three just minutes later when Adrian turned away John O'Shea's header, before Borini could only slice wide after he was played through on goal by Fletcher.
The Italian came close again just before the break with a curling effort from distance, but they were pegged back in first-half injury time as three defenders could not stop Victor Moses crossing for Carl Jenkinson to fire home and halve the deficit seconds before the whistle.
Tom Nightingale
