Saturday morning sees Sunderland hosting Brentford at the Stadium of Light in a match-up of one-win, one-loss sides with hopes of staying clear of the bottom half for as long as possible.

The Black Cats started new life in the Premier League on a flyer punking West Ham 3-0 , but joy was short-lived as fellow promoted side Burnley blanked the Black Cats at Turf Moor in Week 2.

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Sunderland then slumped to a midweek League Cup exit at home to Huddersfield Town at midweek, and boss Regis Le Bris would love a return to winning ways at the Stadium of Light.

As for the Bees, they bounced back from a 3-1 loss at Nottingham Forest to take all the points in a mildly-surprising 1-0 win over Aston Villa. That should ease some of the nerves around n

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