Overview

• Kickoff is at 3pm BST (10am ET) on Saturday, August 30 at the Stadium of Light.
• In the United States, the game streams live on Fubo, DirecTV Stream, Sling, Universo and USA Network.
• Brentford rebounded from an opening loss at Nottingham Forest with wins over Aston Villa in the league and Bournemouth in the EFL Cup under new head coach Keith Andrews.
• Sunderland opened with a 3-0 win over West Ham before a league defeat to Burnley and an EFL Cup exit to Huddersfield, and they report multiple injuries including Daniel Ballard, Luke O’Nien, Dennis Cirkin, Romaine Mundle, Leo Fuhr Hjelde and Aji Alese, with Niall Huggins a doubt.
• Brentford list Gustavo Nunes and Vitaly Janelt as out, with late checks expected for Yoane Wissa, Yunus Emre Konak and Paris Maghoma, and bookmakers price a tight contest with Sunderland around 2/1, the draw near 23/10 and Brentford about 6/4.