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Albion 3 Sunderland 0

Albion rampage to a rare win through Jonas Olsson, Chris Brunt and sub Juan Carlos Menseguez.

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Albion rampage to a rare win through Jonas Olsson, Chris Brunt and sub Juan Carlos Menseguez.

16:52: Full-time whistle blows.

16:46: Nifty footwork from Mensenguez sees him stroke the ball into the net, the points are safe.

16:43: Fortune's effort goes wide of the post.

16:22: Juan Carlos Menseguez makes his third Albion appearance as a sub, Graham Dorrans makes way.

16:17: The first moment of note in the second-half ends with Chris Brunt scoring from close range, after a Marc Antoine Fortune cross.

16:13: Richardson gets the cross in for Sunderland, in rushes Danny Collins but he heads over the bar.

16:03: Second-half begins.

15:47: Half-time whistle blows - only the third time this season the Baggies have led at the interval.

15:42: Former Albion winger Kieran Richardson lets fly from 25 yards - Carson has to deal with it.

15:40: Jonathan Greening's corner is met by Jonas Olsson at the far post on the half volley and Albion are ahead!

15:28: Reid - always a threat from set pieces - puts a ball into the box that former Wolves loan winger Carlos Edwards gets his head to, but goes over the bar inside the area.

15:25: In-form Albion winger Chris Brunt breaks free and get his shot away, but Sunderland goalkeeper Marton Fulop saves comfortably.

15:17: Albion right-back Gianni Zuiverloon's wild lunge of a shot goes wide of the goal.

15:08: Andy Reid tries his luck for Sunderland, Albion goalkeeper Scott Carson is equal to it.

15:00: Game kicks off.

14:30: Teams in at the Hawthorns: -

Albion: Carson, Zuiverloon, Meite, Olsson, Robinson, Koren, Dorrans, Greening, Brunt, Simpson, Fortune.

Subs: Kiely, Filipe Teixeira, Menseguez, Martis, Borja Valero, Mulumbu, Wood.

Sunderland: Fulop, Bardsley, Davenport, Ferdinand, Collins, Edwards, Tainio, Reid, Richardson, Cisse, Jones.

Subs: Colgan, Whitehead, Malbranque, Murphy, Leadbitter, Healy, McShane.

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

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