Sunderland returned to the top of the Championship after a 1-0 win over Hull City on Sunday afternoonTim Walter criticised referee Bobby Madley's role in Sunderland winning goal at Hull City on Sunday and also claimed that Chris Mepham should have seen red shortly before half time at the MKM Stadium.

Sunderland ran out 1-0 winners over Hull City to move back to the top of the Championship, but their winning goal - scored by Wilson Isidor - came with a more than a hint of controversy

Hull City were beaten 1-0 by Sunderland at the MKM Stadium as Tim Walter's men fell to a second successive Championship defeat.

Follow live coverage as Hull City face Sunderland in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

In the first of three games this week, Sunderland will face Hull City. The last time the two sides faced each other at the MKM stadium Sunderland came away with all three points,

Now we’re past the fluff of the international break, the proper stuff can start back up, and the Lads travel to Hull City with the aim of going back to the top of the league.

Sunderland are top of the Championship after a superb away win Sunderland maintained their spot at the top of the Championship table thanks to Wilson Isidor’s audacious second-half strike at Hull City.

Follow live coverage as Hull City face Sunderland in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.