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Sunderland welcome Leeds United to the Stadium of Light in the Championship.
Last time out Sunderland beat Derby and Leeds drew at Norwich.
Sunderland kept an unchanged starting 11 and went ahead with a rocket of a strike from Jobe Bellingham. Derby caused a few problems for the Black Cats but couldn’t find a way past Anthony Patterson. Striker Wilson Isidor finished off a fine move and cross from Mundle to win the game 2-0 as Sunderland returned to the top of the Championship table.
The Black Cats have won all 4 of their opening home games without conceding a goal, for the first time ever.
Dan Ballard and Eliezer Mayenda are expected to return to the side after the international break.
Alan Browne could return to the starting eleven. Ian Poveda limped off after 10 minutes of coming on as a sub and is unlikely to feature against Leeds.
Huggins, Seelt, Alese & Abdullahi remain injured.
Josh Sargent's penalty put Norwich in front at half-time after he was fouled in the box by Leeds defender Joe Rodon. Ramazani's goal after the break earned Leeds a well-deserved point after an improved second-half performance.
Leeds have lost one game this season, at home to Burnley and currently sit in 5th place on 15 points.
Ampadu is out for a few months after suffering a knee injury against Coventry at the weekend. Bulgarian Ilia Gruev limped off in the 20th minute at Norwich and is out.
Regis le Bris:
“It was another tough game and I think our first half was good even if we can have more control of the game, especially in possession.
“We scored after a high recovery and in this kind of game it is very important to score first.
“We scored quickly after half-time and then the game became more chaotic because they wanted to unbalance us with direct play and were very strong in duels.
“We had a good level of discipline. It’s another win at home. I would like to be more dominant in possession because we have the quality to do that, so we will work on it.”
Press Conference:
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Daniel Farke:
"Definitely a good point on the road. I think overall it was a good advertisement for the Championship - a tight game and obviously in these tight games decisive moments are always crucial.
"Norwich is a good side, they have an unbeaten record here at home during the season. Last game, big [4-1] win against Watford. You could feel two in-form teams were today on the pitch."
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Match Appointments
Referee: TIM ROBINSON
Assistant Referees: Richard West and Steven Meredith
Fourth Official: Oliver Langford
Team Lineups:
Sunderland AFC: (4-3-3) Patterson, Cirkin, Mepham, O’Nien, Hume, Rigg, Neil, Jobe, Mundle, Isidor, Roberts
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Subs: Moore, Bennette, Hjelde, Rigg, Aleksic, Ba, Ogunsuyi, Rusyn, Watson.
Injured: Huggins, Seelt, Alese, Poveda, Abdullahi.
Leeds: (4-2-3-1) Meslier, Bogle, Rondon, Struijk, Firpo, Tanaka, Rothwell, Gnonto, Aaronson, Ramazani, Joseph.
Subs: Darlow, Chambers, Bamford, Byron, Crew, Debayo, Gelhardt, Piroe, Schmidte.
Injured: Ampadu, Gruev, James, Wober, Solomon.
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Betting Odds:
Sunderland 2/1 Leeds 13/10 Draw 23/10
Prutton Predicts: meh
My two pence:
Leeds gave us a few tough games last season and this will be a good test for our young team to see how we compare this season. Gnonto was their main threat against Norwich.
We are very strong at home and this game will be so different to the way Derby approached it, I just hope that the referee is a lot better than the previous one.
I’m going for a 1-0 home win to stay top.
Live Stream:
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Ha’way the Lads
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