Sunderland vs Birmingham City

What it means

• Birmingham has dropped 4 of the last 5.
• 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

Birmingham7th in English League Championship

Lineup

1. 1Nico VaesenG
2. 2Kenny CunninghamD
3. 3Martin TaylorD
4. 4Matt UpsonD
5. 5Mario MelchiotD
6. 6Damien JohnsonM
7. 7Neil KilkennyM
8. 8Muzzy IzzetM
9. 9David DunnM
10. 10Jiri JarosikM
11. 11Emile HeskeyF

Sunderland17th in English Premier League

Lineup

1. 1Ben AlnwickG
2. 2Nyron NosworthyD
3. 3Gary BreenD
4. 4Justin HoyteD
5. 5Danny CollinsM
6. 6Tommy MillerM
7. 7Dean WhiteheadM
8. 8Christian BassilaM
9. 9Andrew WelshF
10. 10Jonathan SteadF
11. 11Anthony TallecF

Head to head

Last 5

BIR

• L@ NEW0-1
• Lvs EVE0-1
• Wvs NOR2-1
• L@ BLK0-2
• Lvs AVL0-1

SUN

• Lvs AVL1-3
• L@ ARS1-3
• Lvs POR1-4
• Lvs ARS0-3
• L@ NEW2-3

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England · Attendance 32,442

Officials

U Rennie (Referee)