SUNDERLAND, England (Interstat) — Sunderland built a three-goal lead and held off Brentford U18 for a 3-2 home win Wednesday at the Stadium of Light. Chemsdine Talbi opened the scoring in the 26th minute, Timur Tuterov added a goal in the 29th and Malick Fofana made it 3-0 in the 39th. Brentford U18 responded through Callum Wilson in the 42nd and I. Thiago in the fourth minute of stoppage time. J. Ta Bi assisted twice for Sunderland, while Mathias Jensen and Vitaly Janelt each provided an assist for Brentford U18; Janelt also was booked. Sunderland improved to 1-0 in the competition and moved to 6-5-4 across all competitions. Brentford U18 fell to 0-1 in the competition and is 2-2-5 overall. Yellow cards also went to K. Schade, J. Schuster and C. Rigg, along with Janelt. Sunderland’s Talbi, Tuterov and Ta Bi were substituted, while Brentford U18 made several changes after Wilson’s 59th-minute withdrawal.