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Sunderland welcome Bournemouth to the Stadium of Light in the Premier League.
Last time out Sunderland lost at Fulham and Bournemouth drew with West Ham
Raul Jimenez scored a late winner as Fulham beat Sunderland in the Premier League amid driving rain at Craven Cottage, the Mexican's goal coming from Fulham's 18th shot of the game as their dominance of chances and possession looked set to go to waste. A fine cross from substitute winger Samuel Chukwueze, impressive after replacing ineffective club record signing Kevin in the second half, was turned home from close range by Jimenez.
The quality of play was generally poor throughout, but Fulham were rewarded with their second win in seven league games, and Sunderland slipped two places to sixth.
Substitute Enes Unal struck a late equaliser as Bournemouth came back from two goals down to earn a thrilling 2-2 draw with West Ham.
West Ham led 2-0 at half-time, courtesy of a double from Callum Wilson against his old club, but Marcus Tavernier reduced the deficit in the 69th minute before Unal rescued a point a minute after coming off the bench.
Unal could have then won the game for the hosts in the closing stages, but the Turkish forward was denied by a brilliant save from West Ham keeper Alphonse Areola.
Leading scorer Antoine Semenyo and Justin Kluivert both missed out after picking up injuries during the international break, and Unal could start on Saturday if Semenyo has not recovered.
Ben Gannon-Doak is set for an extended period on the sidelines after having surgery on a hamstring injury that he picked up with Scotland.
Regis le Bris:
“We’ll not be too positive when we win or too negative when we lose. It’s part of the journey in the Premier League.
“Resilience is a key word so we are looking forward now to preparing for a fixture at home and to be at our best. We have to improve our level to be better. The preparation was around intensity, being hard to beat, to be proactive and to be composed with the ball as well. These ideas are clean and interesting to develop, but you have to put it into practice after that. “Saturday was a tough reminder about those basics, which is really important for the future. We will work again this week to improve this part of our game.”
Presser on Thursday at 13:30
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Andoni Iraola:
"It is not a good result for us. We have made mistakes, and we cannot concede two goals that we conceded in the first half. Overall, we were much better and had so many changes, and I have to complain about the penalty. It is a clear red card. I don't understand the decision, but we have to analyse our mistakes. They should have played 30 minutes with 10 players.
Form:
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Match Appointments:
Referee: TIM ROBINSON
Assistant Referee: Richard West
Assistant Referee: Mark Scholes
Fourth Official: Tony Harrington
Video Assistant Referee: John Brooks
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Simon Bennett
Possible Team Line-ups:
Sunderland AFC: Roefe, Reinildo, Ballard, Alderete, Mukiele, Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fee, Traore, Talbi, Isidor.
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Subs: Patterson, Geertruida, Hume, O’Nien, Neil, Rigg, Adingra, Mayenda, Brobbey.
Injured: Alese, Cirkin, Hjelde, Mundle, Diarra.
Bournemouth FC: Petrovic, Cook, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Adams, Brooks, Croupi, Tavernier, Evanilson.
Substitutes: Dennis, Soler, Christie, Smith, Jimenez, Adli, Hill, Unal, Milosavljevic.
Injured: Kluivert, Semenyo, Gannon-Doak
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Betting Odds:
Sunderland 1/3
Bournemouth 2/5
Draw 7/25
My two pence:
Bournemouth lost their last 2 away games and started poorly at home to West Ham at the weekend. They did finish strongly, though, and have some talented players who we’ve seen in the Championship / League 1 (Scott, Brooks and Semenyo).
We need to bounce back quickly, and this is a great opportunity.
I’m going for a 2-0 home win
Live Stream:
TBC
Ha’way the Lads
