Sunderland vs West Brom: Baggies take three points after Daryl Dike and Tom Rogic goals
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Weather conditions on Wearside are far from ideal with snowfall on the ground this morning and the thermometer reading minus one meaning tonight’s clash is set to be a cold one.
West Brom visit Sunderland in the second tier and a win could see Tony Mowbray’s men move up to seventh position and 10 points clear of the three relegation spots.
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Hide AdThe big news surrounding the game, however, is the potential return to action of star striker Ross Stewart following a lengthy injury lay-off. Sunderland’s star striker has been out since September but is expected to make the bench this evening.
Here, though, we’ll have LIVE updates during the build-up, the game and the aftermath:
Sunderland 1-2 West Brom LIVE: Updates as Black Cats face Baggies with no Ross Stewart in squad
Key Events
- The Black Cats could move up to seventh place with a win and move 10 points clear of the relegation spots
- Ross Stewart has missed out on making Sunderland’s squad for the game against West Brom
- SAFC XI: Patterson, Gooch, O’Nien, Batth, Alese, Evans, Neil, Embleton, Pritchard, Amad, Simms
- SUBS: Bass, Hume, Cirkin, Ba, Dajaku, Roberts, Clarke
On the Championship
This season, everyone seems to be able to find a win when they are on a bad run. For us, it is about keeping the points ticking along. I don’t sit here thinking we need to get promoted or avoid relegation. I just concentrate on keeping points ticking over
On Stewart
You get wary of saying yes. He has had a full training session today, It was intense in the snow. He will travel with us and hopefully we can get him included.
On Hull City
Leam is a very brave coach. They are a football team that are going to try and use the ball. Hopefully, we can give them some problems.
Every team just about has changed manager this season. 18 out of 24 or something like that. We have to do slides pre-manager and how they have changed since. We look at data and stats of where a team might be for shots, possession etc.
Leam has improved a lot of those statistics. That doesn’t suprise me having watched the game way to Watford where the drew 0-0
On West Brom
The cross for the second goal was really high quality and so was the finish for the first. I try not to be too hard on the team but we have to accept there’s some decent teams who can hurt you at any moment. We have to deal with the frustration.
On West Brom
We were disappointed. We had spells in the game. That’s the league. Against some of the bigger teams it can be difficult. You could feel their quality. It came down to moments.