Birmingham City vs Sunderland

What it means

• Sunderland has lost 3 straight.
• Birmingham has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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 (4-4-1-1)

1. 1Simon MignoletG
2. 2Nedum OnuohaCD-L
3. 3Michael TurnerCD-R
4. 4Phil BardsleyLB
5. 5Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
6. 6Jack ColbackCM-L
7. 7Lee CattermoleCM-R
8. 8Stéphane SessegnonLM
9. 9Jordan HendersonRM
10. 10Asamoah GyanF
11. 11Danny WelbeckRCF

Birmingham7th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-2)

1. 1Ben FosterG
2. 2Liam RidgewellCD-L
3. 3Roger JohnsonCD-R
4. 4Stuart ParnabyLB
5. 5Stephen CarrRB
6. 6Barry FergusonCM-L
7. 7Craig GardnerCM-R
8. 8Lee BowyerLM
9. 9Sebastian LarssonRM
10. 10Kevin PhillipsCF-L
11. 11Cameron JeromeCF-R

Head to head

Last 5

SUN

• Lvs WBA2-3
• L@ MNC0-5
• Lvs LIV0-2
• T@ ARS0-0
• L@ EVE0-2

BIR

• T@ BLK1-1
• Wvs BOL2-1
• L@ WGA1-2
• Lvs BOL2-3
• T@ EVE1-1

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham, England · Attendance 28,108

Officials

P Dowd (Referee), Philip Dowd (Referee), P Dowd (Referee)