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Sunderland will welcome West Brom to the Stadium of Light on Monday night for the final match of round No 22 in the Championship. The Black Cats returned to action in the Championship a week ago before the rest of the league's clubs. Sunderland played Millwall at home in a make-up fixture and defeated the London club 3-0. Tony Mowbray has…

Alamy Stock PhotoIreland's Michael Obafemi (file pic). # uncertain futures 9 Irish players who could be on the move this January Swansea's Michael Obafemi and other footballers who could be headed to a new club. The 22-year-old made no secret of his desire to leave Swansea in the last transfer window, with a deadline-day move to Vincent Kompany's…

ASTON VILLA are keeping an eye on England No 1 Jordan Pickford's contract situation. Villa are bracing themselves for offers for World Cup winner Emi Martinez and monitoring Pickford, SunSport can exclusively reveal. Goalkeeper Pickford, 28, has yet to settle a new deal at Everton and that has alerted his admirers. Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo has…

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Wigan will entertain Sunderland at the DW Stadium in the Championship on Thursday (December 29). The hosts are winless in three games. Their last win (2-1) came against Blackpool in the Championship on November 12. That's their only success at home in their last five games (W1, L4). Like Sunderland, the hosts were promoted from League One, but…

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Round 22 of the EFL Championship will conclude with a clash between Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion at the Stadium of Light on Monday. Sunderland are in 11th place in the league table and have recorded back-to-back wins in their last two games. They played Millwall last Saturday at home and second-half goals from Amad Diallo, Alex Pritchard,…

Swansea City are back on home soil this afternoon as they welcome Sunderland to south Wales. Here's everything you need to know about the Championship contest at the Swansea.com Stadium: Swansea City v Sunderland kicks off at 3pm on Saturday, October 8. No, the match will not be screened live on television. The SwansTV coverage is only available to…

A change of manager and injuries to Sunderland's main striking options has put the kibosh on what was a more than promising start to life in the Championship this term. Led back to the second tier for the first time since 2018 by Alex Neil, who navigated the League One play-offs with a Wembley win over Wycombe Wanderers, the Black Cats began with a…

Sunderland will entertain Wigan Athletic at the Stadium of Light in the EFL Championship on Saturday. Sunderland's return to the Championship has not been glamorous. After four seasons in League One, they earned promotion via the playoffs but their campaign has so far gotten off to a rocky start. The Black Cats have won only four games out of 13…

If you had told any Sunderland fan before the season started that come October, Alex Neil would have left and both first-choice strikers would be out with injury, very few would have made a positive prediction over the Black Cats' league position. However, despite those three setbacks, Tony Mowbray's side sit proudly in fifth place in the…

Watford will host Sunderland at the Vicarage Road Stadium in the EFL Championship on Saturday, looking to return to winning ways. The Hornets have collected just one point from their last two games, courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Rotherham United. With 13 points from nine games, Rob Edwards' side are tenth in the league standings, four places below…

Welcome to the Liverpool ECHO's Thursday live blog for all your latest Everton news. The ECHO will provide breaking stories, reaction and comments to all the big talking points from Goodison Park as well as keeping tabs on transfer market gossip from around the world. Everton continue to be linked with Ajax star Mohammed Kudus, while West Ham…