#Stadium of Light

Sunderland will welcome Swansea City to the Stadium of Light for a matchday 27 fixture in the EFL Championship on Saturday (January 14). The hosts are coming off a thrilling 2-1 comeback win at Shrewsvury in the FA Cup third round at the weekend. The League One side took the lead through Matthew Pennington in the 81st minute, but injury time…

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…

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…

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,…

Sunderland will welcome Blackburn Rovers to the Stadium of Light in the EFL Championship on Monday (December 26). The hosts are winless in their last two league games and are coming off a 1-1 draw against Hull City. Ross Stewart opened the scoring in the 74th minute before Ozan Tufan equalised eight minutes later. Blackburn, meanwhile, returned to…

The Women's Euro 2022 Championship gets underway on Wednesday night when Sarina Wiegman's Lionesses host Austria in the opening game of the tournament England begin their Women's Euro 2022 Championship campaign on Wednesday night when they host Austria in the opening game of the tournament at Old Trafford, as they look to get off to the perfect…

Short-priced Punt: Both Teams To Score? No Value Play: Sunderland to Win and Over 1.5 Goals Long Shot: Sunderland to Win Both Halves All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change. Sunderland welcome West Brom to The Stadium of Light for a spot of Monday night…

The Sky Bet Championship is rightly regarded as one of the most exciting leagues anywhere and another season of unrelenting drama gets underway tonight. Burnley, who return to second-tier football following six seasons as a Premier League club, get the action underway with a visit to beaten play-off finalists Huddersfield Town. The match marks the…

Who would be a ref these days, and how on earth do we bring through future generations of high-ranked officials into the game? Photo by Dave Howarth - CameraSport via Getty Images I was at the National Football Museum in Manchester a few weeks ago, and before my lad and I queued up for the video penalty shootout challenge (for the record, I was…

Sunderland and Cardiff City will battle for three points in an EFL Championship matchday 20 fixture on Saturday. The hosts come into the clash on the back of a 2-0 away victory over Huddersfield Town on Wednesday. Alex Pritchard and Amad Diallo scored second-half goals to inspire the Back Cats to the win Cardiff City fell to a 2-1 defeat against…

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…

Sunderland to win by two goals to nil at odds of 7/1 Bet £10 and get £80 in return Our recommended bet for Tuesday's Stadium of Light clash comes in the form of a Sunderland victory, by two goals to nil. A £10 wager for such an outcome will secure you a return of £80 with Betway. Two sides in the midst of altogether contrasting spells of form are…

Last season, the forward scored 26 goals in 49 league appearances for Sunderland and helped his side get promoted to the Championship. The 26-year-old scored five goals while providing three assists this term before sustaining an injury in the warm-up before the Middlesbrough game. Mowbray is of the opinion that the Stadium of Light is the perfect…

Sunderland will host Preston North End at the Stadium of Light in the EFL Championship on Saturday (October 1), looking to return to winning ways. The Black Cats could only manage a 2-2 draw to Watford in their last game before the international break, courtesy of a late strike from Jewison Bennette. With 15 points from 10 games, Tony Mowbray's…

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…

MANCHESTER CITY have agreed a £15m deal to sign Manuel Akanji from Borussia Dortmund, according to reports. Pep Guardiola will now have a plethora of defensive options with none of his centre-backs set to leave. Meanwhile Newcastle have reportedly joined Arsenal in the race for Youri Tielemans. Elsewhere, we've got all the latest on Frenkie De…

NEWCASTLE have joined Arsenal in the race for Youri Tielemans on a dramatic deadline day swoop, according to reports. Elsewhere, we've got all the latest on Frenkie De Jong, who is now a bigger favourite to join Chelsea than he is United. Meanwhile, Tottenham are said to be interested in Atletico Madrid's Yannick Carrasco. There are just hours left…