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Sunderland welcome Brighton to the Stadium of Light in the Premier League.
Last time out Sunderland lost at Port Vale and Brighton lost to Arsenal.
Sunderland lost out on a great chance to progress in the FA Cup and will be desperate for a home win to erase those memories and instil some confidence ahead of the derby game next weekend.
Sadiki, Hume and Xhaka are available and expected to start, Cirkin and Brobbey are due to return after injury but Robin Roefs, Reinildo, and Mukiele will not be involved. Traore is expected to be out for 6 to 8 weeks.
Brighton lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal, Albion were the superior side for long periods - but Bukayo Saka's deflected early strike proved enough to give Mikel Arteta's side a priceless triumph.
Mitoma was injured in their last game and is unlikely to feature but March and Dunk will be assessed before the game. Danny Welbeck and Jason Steele return to the Stadium of Light.
Regis le Bris:
“I’m disappointed for the club, the players and for the fans obviously, because we tried, we wanted to go further. The game was tough as expected, the FA Cup is relentless, full credit to the opponent they played with passion with intensity, many second balls, many chaotic situations but they created one situation in the first half, (they) scored and we struggled to find a solution.”
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Fabian Hurzeler:
“Only one team who tried to play football”
“Where will this go in the future? That’s my question. In one game, you play 60 minutes net and then when you play against Arsenal it’s only 50 minutes. It’s 10 minutes different and this is what the supporters are paying for. If I would ask everyone in the room: ‘Did you really enjoy this football game?’ I’m sure maybe one raises his arm because he’s a big Arsenal fan but, besides that, no chance.”
Form:
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Match Appointments:
Referee: Kirk Thomas
Assistant Referee: Edward Smart
Assistant Referee: Blake Antrobus
Fourth Official: Sam Barrott
Video Assistant Referee: John Brooks
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Wade Smith
Team Lineups:
Sunderland AFC: Ellborg, Hume, Ballard, Alderete, Cirkin, Sadiki, Xhaka, Le Fee, Diarra, Talbi, Brobbey.
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Subs: Moore, O’Nien, Rigg, H. Jones, Aleksic, Geertruida, Angulo, Mayenda, Isidor.
Injured: Mundle, Traore, Jocelyn, Mukiele, Reinildo, Roefs.
Brighton & Hove Albion: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Baleba, Grob, Gomez, Hinshelwood, Minteh. Rutter
Substitutes: Steele, Ayari, de Cuyper, Howell, Milner, O’Riley, Welbeck, Veltman.
Injured: Tzimas, Webster, Mitoma.
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Betting Odds:
Sunderland 10/3 Brighton 9/4 Draw 10/3
My two pence:
The less said about the last game the better, but hopefully we up the intensity and play like we have done earlier in the season. The crowd need to be up for this one too, it’s time to re-create the atmosphere from the first few home games.
I’m travelling up for this one, hope to see a few in the Fans Museum, before or after the game.
Sir Bob Murray will be inducted into the Sunderland Hall of Fame at half time.
I’m going for a 2-1 home win.
Live Stream:
TBC
Ha’way the Lads
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Its a great read week on week and sometimes we get the game and result it deserves, hope this is another one of them and why not, a return to recent League form and a 2-0 win would be just the ticket. OaU
