Stoke City vs Sunderland

What it means

• Sunderland has won 3 straight.
• Stoke has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Sunderland17th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-4-2)

1. 1Craig GordonG
2. 2Anton FerdinandCD-L
3. 3Nyron NosworthyCD-R
4. 4George McCartneyLB
5. 5Phil BardsleyRB
6. 6Lorik CanaCM-L
7. 7Lee CattermoleCM-R
8. 8Kieran RichardsonLM
9. 9Steed MalbranqueRM
10. 10Kenwyne JonesCF-L
11. 11Darren BentCF-R

Stoke4th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-2)

1. 1Thomas SorensenG
2. 2Abdoulaye FayeCD-L
3. 3Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
4. 4Danny HigginbothamLB
5. 5Andy WilkinsonRB
6. 6Rory DelapCM-L
7. 7Glenn WhelanCM-R
8. 8Matthew EtheringtonLM
9. 9Liam LawrenceRM
10. 10Dave KitsonCF-L
11. 11Ricardo FullerCF-R

Head to head

Last 5

SUN

• W@ NOR4-1
• Wvs BLK2-1
• Wvs BLK2-2
• Lvs CHE1-3
• Lvs CHE3-4

STK

• W@ LEY1-0
• T@ BIR0-0
• T@ BIR0-1
• L@ LIV0-4
• L@ LIV2-2

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England · Attendance 27,091

Officials

M Jones (Referee), Michael Jones (Referee), M Jones (Referee)