Overview
- Kickoff is 20:00 GMT at the Stadium of Light, live on Sky Sports Main Event.
- Sunderland sit 11th on 33 points after a 3-1 defeat at West Ham, while 19th-placed Burnley have 15 points after a 2-2 draw with Tottenham.
- Sunderland are 11 matches unbeaten at home this season, whereas Burnley have one win in their last 11 away fixtures and have conceded in 11 straight on the road.
- Régis Le Bris is expected to stick with a 4-2-3-1, with Chemsdine Talbi and Habib Diarra in contention to start, while injuries rule out Granit Xhaka for Sunderland and Josh Cullen, Connor Roberts, Jordan Beyer and others for Burnley.
- Burnley won the reverse fixture 2-0 in August, and their late concession to Spurs was the seventh league goal they have allowed in the 90th minute or later this season.