Fulham v Sunderland: Confirmed line-ups as Josh King starts while Black Cats are unchanged
Fourth-placed Sunderland head to Fulham this afternoon. Get all the team news here...
Sunderland head to Fulham this afternoon looking to maintain their impressive start to life back in the top flight.
Regis Le Bris has worked wonders on Wearside and his side will arrive in West London in fourth place in the Premier League, following the exhilarating 2-2 draw with Arsenal before the international break.
That performance showed once again that Sunderland won’t be physically intimidated, although this afternoon’s game is likely to be a more tactical challenge for Le Bris and his players.
Fulham have a talented squad but things are just not clicking at the moment. The Cottagers have lost five of their last six league games with the only win coming against a rock-bottom Wolves side that were reduced to 10 men after 36 minutes.
Coach Marco Silva is in contract talks with the Fulham board and he will want wins quickly to strengthen his bargaining position.
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FULHAM TEAM NEWS
Sasa Lukic is suspended for Fulham while Rodrigo Muniz and Antonee Robinson are sidelined through injury. Josh King for Lukic is the only change to the team that lost at Everton.
Fulham: Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon; Berge, King, Iwobi, Wilson, Kevin; Jimenez
SUNDERLAND TEAM NEWS
Sunderland remain without record signing Habib Diarra but full-back Reinildo is fit after sustaining a slight knock on international duty with Mozambique.
It is the same XI that drew with Arsenal.
Sunderland: Roefs; Hume, Mukiele, Ballard, Geertruida, Reinildo; Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fee, Traore; Isidor
How to watch Fulham v Sunderland
Fulham versus Sunderland kicks off at 3pm this afternoon. It is not available to watch on TV or stream in the UK.
Stats for Fulham v Sunderland
- Fulham are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League games against newly promoted opponents
- Sunderland have not lost any of their last 14 league games in London
- Fulham have lost their last two Premier League home games against Sunderland