Sunderland welcome Wolves to the Stadium of Light in the Premier League. Last time out Sunderland lost at Man Utd and Wolves drew with Brighton. The Black Cats lost 2-0 at Man Utd through two first half goals from Mount and Sesko. Mason Mount gave the hosts a perfect start after just eight minutes. Benjamin Sesko doubled the home side's lead with a close-range finish for his second goal in as many games while United's first clean sheet of the season was Amorim's reward for handing a debut to £18.1m goalkeeper Senne Lammens. Noah Sadiki and Omar Alderete picked up injuries while on international duty and are unlikely to play. Reinildo Mandava will again sit this one out due to suspension. Jan Paul van Hecke's late header denied Wolves a first Premier League win of the season. Wolves are currently bottom of the league on 2 points after 7 games. Bart Verbruggen's unfortunate first-half own goal looked like giving the hosts a first league victory since April. Wolves head coach Vitor Pereira has been hit with an FA charge - after kicking a spare ball in frustration during his side's 1-1 draw with Brighton, Pereira has until Monday to respond. He probably won’t be on the touchline for this game. Antonio Gomes is expected to return to the side after illness. Regis le Bris: “I think it’s a good positive start, winning 11 points after this short period is positive, it shows the connection within the squad and the willingness to win something together. “I think the main idea is that our identity can help us to win points when we work hard together. “When we are hard to beat with this capacity to protect our goal we can win confidence and show our quality on the pitch” “It doesn’t only mean protecting the goal. I think it’s important to be proactive to press high on the pitch to show that we can be bold.” Presser on Thursday 1:30pm: <tbc> Vitor Pereira: "We won in the cup, now two draws, in the Premier League is one point, three points, one point, three points, three points, three points - that's what we want," said Luis Miguel, with Wolves unbeaten in three games having beaten Everton in the Carabao Cup last month. "It's not easy but we keep going like this and trying to get a clean sheet. We're working very hard in our defensive position to improve the players on that side, because if we are secure there, we will score goals for sure." "I believe that we can play with both, but at this moment, Larsen is struggling with injury because he's not fully fit," Pereira said. "The Larsen that you used to see, pressing, fighting, because he's with some pain and struggling with injury, but he's trying to help the team in this important moment, although he's not at his best level." Form: Match Appointments: Referee: ROBERT JONES Assistant Referee: Neil Davies Assistant Referee: Nick Greenhalgh Fourth Official: Anthony Backhouse Video Assistant Referee: Paul Howard Additional Video Assistant Referee: Adrian Holmes Team Lineups: Sunderland AFC: Roefe, Hume, Ballard, Mukiele, Masuaku, Xhaka, Geetruida, Le Fee, Talbi, Rigg, Isidor. Subs: Patterson, O’Nien, Jones, Neil, Adingra, Mayenda, Brobbey, Traore, Mundle Injured: Alese, Cirkin, Hjelde, Diarra, Sadiki, Alderete Suspended: Reinildo Wolverhampton Wanderers: Johnstone, H. Bueno, Krejci, S. Bueno, Tchatchoua, Gomes, Andre, Munetsi, Hwang Hee-Chan, Strand Larsen, Arias Substitutes: Agbadou, Arokedare, Bellegarde, Hoever, Lopez, Jose Sa, Rodrigo Gomes, Mosquera, Molle Wolfe. Injured: Doherty, Chiwoma. Betting Odds: Sunderland 7/5 Wolves 21/10 Draw 2/1 My two pence: Wolves are bottom and are yet to win in the league this season, but they are unbeaten in their last 2 games and maybe should have won both of those. As we all know there are no easy games in this league but I’m hoping that the rest of our international players return in good health and that we are ready to bounce back with a win. I’m going for a 2-0 home win Live Stream: TBC Ha’way the Lads
Bless you RTB, it's been months This is another fantastic opportunity for Sunderland. We've already won 3-0 at home, won away to a team in Europe, come back from a goal down to win and drawn a game from a losing position with ten men ... ... of course this will be a tough game but just as tough for Wolves. This is another full house, every reason for optimism and a walk over the new bridge. After this dreadful international break I think the SOL crowd will be right up for it. Will O'Nien play, RLB trusts him and he's fit. Ha'way the Lads, 3-1 and another three points on the board!!!
