Birmingham City vs Sunderland

What it means

• Sunderland has lost 5 straight.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 21

Ex-Birmingham City player Jordan Graham in hospital following serious road traffic accident

ESPN · Sep 13

Was this miss from Tom Brady's Birmingham the worst ever? Not even close

Recap · Aug 28

Wrexham remain winless after loss to Birmingham

ESPN · Aug 22

Outrageous back-heel, goal of the season contender scored for Bristol City in draw vs. Birmingham

ESPN · Jul 31

Jude Bellingham cheers on Birmingham in win over Barcelona

ESPN · Jul 31

Birmingham City 2-2 Barcelona: Blues beat LaLiga champions on penalties in friendly - as it happened

ESPN · Jun 18

Barcelona to play Tom Brady's Birmingham City in preseason friendly

ESPN · Apr 12

Tom Brady teases Ryan Reynolds, Rob Mac after Birmingham beat Wrexham

Lineups

Sunderland17th in English Premier League

Lineup

1. 1Mart PoomG
2. 2Joachim BjorklundD
3. 3Talal El KarkouriD
4. 4Michael GrayD
5. 5Darren WilliamsM
6. 6Sean ThorntonM
7. 7Gavin McCannM
8. 8Kevin KilbaneM
9. 9Kevin PhillipsF
10. 10Kevin KyleF
11. 11Marcus StewartF

Birmingham7th in English League Championship

Lineup

1. 1Ian BennettG
2. 2Jeff KennaD
3. 3Kenny CunninghamD
4. 4Matt UpsonD
5. 5Jamie ClaphamD
6. 6Paul DevlinM
7. 7Bryan HughesM
8. 8Stephen ClemenceM
9. 9Stan LazaridisM
10. 10Geoff HorsfieldF
11. 11Christophe DugarryF

Head to head

Last 5

SUN

• Lvs CHE1-2
• L@ WHU0-2
• Lvs BOL0-2
• L@ FUL0-1
• Lvs MID1-3

BIR

• L@ TOT1-2
• Wvs WBA1-0
• L@ MNC0-1
• W@ AVL2-0
• Wvs LIV2-1

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

St Andrews Stadium, England · Attendance 29,132

Officials

P Dowd (Referee)