;A Nicklas Bendtner penalty gave Sunderland the lead but a late equaliser from Shola Ameobi spared the hosts blushes after Stephane Sessegnon was sent off and Demba Ba missed a late penalty.
Newcastle named the same eleven that drew with Wolves with Sengalese strikers Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse leading the line for the Geordies.
Sunderland's only change from their 4-0 defeat at West Brom was Danish international striker Nicklas Bendtner coming in, meaning Jack Colback had to settle for a place on the bench.
The precedent for how the game would play out was immediately set by Sunderland’s Lee Cattermole who was booked inside the first minute for a bad lunge on Cheik Tiote.Derby specialist Shola Ameobi was Newcastle's hero once again as he spared Demba Ba's blushes with an injury-time equaliser against 10-man Sunderland.
The substitute levelled at the death after Ba had seen an 83rd-minute penalty saved by Simon Mignolet.
Nicklas Bendtner had given the visitors a 24th-minute lead by converting a controversial penalty, but the visitors managed to hang on until the dying seconds despite having Stephane Sessegnon sent off, while Black Cats captain Lee Cattermole was also dismissed after the final whistle for arguing with referee Mike Dean.
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