Overview

• The match starts at 3pm BST (10am ET) at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, August 30.
• Brentford enter on back-to-back victories over Aston Villa in the league and Bournemouth in the EFL Cup under new manager Keith Andrews.
• Newly promoted Sunderland followed a 3-0 opening win against West Ham with a 2-0 defeat to Burnley and a Carabao Cup exit to Huddersfield on penalties.
• Sunderland list several absentees, including Daniel Ballard, Luke O’Nien, Dennis Cirkin, Romaine Mundle, Leo Fuhr Hjelde and Aji Alese, with Niall Huggins a doubt.
• Sunderland have not beaten Brentford in a competitive match for 37 years.