Sunderland will look to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to the Stadium of Light on Saturday afternoon.
The Black Cats saw their five-game unbeaten in the top-flight come to an end when losing 2-0 away at Manchester United before the international break.
Impressively, that was just Sunderland’s second Premier League defeat of the season, with Regis Le Bris’ side currently occupying 9th place in the table.
Seeking to get back on track at the first time of asking, Sunderland will look to put another three points on the board when Wolves come to town.
The Old Gold are still searching for their league win of the season, though they have stopped the rot in recent weeks courtesy of back-to-back draws against both Tottenham and Brighton.
That being said, Victor Pereira’s team will make the trip to the north east propping up the Premier League table.
How the bookies view it: Sunderland set for success
After winning two of their opening three Premier League games of the season, Sunderland come into this clash as 11/8 favourites on Boylesports.
A third successive stalemate involving Wolves can be backed at 2/1 on Boylesports while the visitors are as big as 21/10 to emerge from the Stadium of Light victorious.
Head to head: History book dormant
Sunderland and Wolves will cross paths this weekend for the first time since way back in season 2017-18. Sunderland have 49 wins to Wolves’ 41 while the points have been shared in the other 32 meetings.
Players to watch: Lean on Larsen
Jorgen Strand Larsen is expected to spearhead Wolves’ attack on Saturday afternoon, making him an attractive option to register a minimum of one shot on target at 8/11 on BetVictor.
Having picked up a yellow card in three of Sunderland’s last five Premier League matches, Granit Xhaka looks overpriced to collect another caution on Saturday at 10/3 on Bet365.
Predicted line-ups
Aji Alese, Dennis Cirkin, Habib Diarra, Leo Hjelde, Reinildo and Romaine Mundle are all unavailable for Sunderland while Noah Sadiki and Omar Alderete are both rated as doubtful after picking up injuries on international duty.
Wolves boss Pereira has a near fully-fit squad to choose from, with Leon Chiwone and Matt Doherty the only players expected to miss out for the visitors.
Sunderland: Roefs; Hume, Mukiele, Alderete, Masuaku; Rigg, Xhaka, Sadiki; Talbi, Isidor, Le Fee
Wolves: Sa; Tchatchoua, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno; Andre, Gomes; Arias, Muntesi, Hwang; Arokodare
Anything else catch the eye?
Backing both teams to score looks worthy of interest at 19/20 on Boylesports.
This bet would have been a winning one in two of Sunderland's three Premier League home games this season, including each of their last two.
Moreover, each team has obliged in four of Wolves’ last five top-flight outings, so the 19/20 about a repeat here is a price that definitely represents value.
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