The Black Cats slipped to third in the table following Saturday’s embarrassing 6-0 defeat at Bolton – which led to Lee Johnson’s departure.
Spirits were raised on Monday night, though, as it became clear that Jermain Defoe would be re-signing for the club.
Defoe became Sunderland’s six signing in a busy January transfer window, following the arrivals of Trai Hume, Danny Batth, Patrick Roberts, Jack Clarke and Jay Matete.
Using data provided by FiveThirtyEight, we’ve taken a look at how a supercomputer is predicting how the rest of the League One season will unfold:
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