Sunderland and Brentford will do battle at the Stadium of Light in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
The hosts marked their return to the top-flight in impressive fashion with a 3-0 win over West Ham on the opening weekend of the campaign.
However, Regis Le Bris’ side were brought back down to earth with a bump when losing 2-0 at home to Burnley last Saturday.
The Black Cats have since crashed out of the Carabao Cup, losing on penalties to Huddersfield on Tuesday night following a 1-1 draw inside 90 minutes.
Meanwhile, Brentford also have three points on the board after bouncing back from an opening weekend defeat to Nottingham Forest with a narrow 1-0 win over Aston Villa.
Keith Andrew’s side have since sealed their passage to the third round of the EFL Cup courtesy of a 2-0 win away at Bournemouth in midweek.
How the bookies view it: Bees to keep on buzzing
Brentford arrive at the Stadium of Light as 7/5 favourites on Boylesports as they bid to make it back-to-back wins in the Premier League.
Sunderland are 9/5 outsiders with Boylesports as they look to make it two home wins from two in the top-flight while the draw has been priced up at 9/4 with the same firm.
Head to head: First-ever Premier League meeting
Sunderland and Brentford will square off in the Premier League for the first-time ever on Saturday afternoon.
The hosts hold the upper hand in terms of the overall head-to-head record when it comes to lower league and domestic cup meetings between the pair, posting nine wins to Brentford's six with the other four meetings ending all square.
Players to watch: Dango to deliver?
Dango Ouattara enjoyed a dream debut for Brentford last weekend, scoring the only goal of the game in the Bees win over Aston Villa. The Burkina Faso international is an eye-catching 5/6 on BetVictor to register a minimum of one shot on target on Saturday afternoon.
Granit Xhaka committed two fouls during Sunderland’s last Premier League home game with West Ham, making the same selection on Saturday an attractive option at 7/4 on Bet 365.
Predicted line-ups
Sunderland are carrying a fairly lengthy injury list at the moment, with Aji Alese, Dan Ballard, Dennis Cirkin, Luke O'Nien, Leo Hjelde and Romaine Mundle all ruled out for the home team.
Vitaly Janelt is not likely to return from injury for Brentford until after the international break while Yoane Wissa is not expected to feature due to the ongoing speculation surrounding his future.
Sunderland: Roefs; Mukiele, Seelt, Alderete, Reinildo; Diarra, Xhaka, Sadiki; Talbi, Mayenda, Adingra
Brentford: Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Henderson, Yarmolyuk; Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade; Thiago
Anything else catch the eye?
Backing both teams to get on the scoresheet at the Stadium of Light looks well worthy of support at 4/5 on Boylesports.
This selection would have proven profitable in Brentford’s opening Premier League away game of the season at Nottingham Forest.
It’s also worth noting a bet on BTTS would have paid out in a sizable 25 of the Bees’ 38 top-flight tussles last term.
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