SUNDERLAND v
CARDIFF CITY Saturday 23rd September 2017, 3pm
SkyBet Championship
Stadium Of LightLEE PELTIER INJURED
Neil Etheridge, Jazz Richards, Sean Morrison, Bruno Manga,Joe Bennett, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls
Craig Bryson , Liam Feeney, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Kenneth Zohore
Subs: Brian Murphy,Sol Bamba,Greg Halford, Loic Damour ,Lee Tomlin ,Junior Hoilett ,Omar Bogle.
Approx 600 Cardiff making the journey and its pay on the day
NEIL WARNOCK: " NO NEW INJURIES "
Neil Warnock:
"Kadeem is about three weeks away from full training, on the weightless running thing whatever you call it."
"Paterson is like a young pup."
"Campy is playing on Monday, there’s a lot of plusses. There’s the odd little muscles soreness but you’ll get that, we have to be careful we don’t risk anyone we don’t have to especially with the squad we have."
Sunderland trio Aiden McGeady, Marc Wilson and John O'Shea are doubts for the Championship visit of Cardiff City.
Pay on the day for Cardiff Fans £25 Adults
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About SunderlandSunderland Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Sunderland currently plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Since its formation in 1879, the club has won six top-flight First Division (now the Premier League) titles (1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and 1936), a total only bettered by five other clubs, and has finished runners-up five times. The club has also won the FA Cup twice (1937 and 1973) and been runners-up twice (1913 and 1992), as well as winning the FA Community Shield in 1936 and being finalists the following year. Sunderland have also been Football League Cup finalists in 1985.
Sunderland won their first FA Cup in 1937 with a 3–1 victory over Preston North End, and remained in the top league for 68 successive seasons until they were relegated for the first time in 1958. Sunderland's most notable trophy after the Second World War was their second FA Cup in 1973, when the club secured a 1–0 victory over Leeds United. The team has won the second tier title five times in that period and the third tier title once.
Sunderland play their home games at the 49,000-capacity all-seater Stadium of Light having moved from Roker Park in 1997. The original ground capacity was 42,000 which was increased to 49,000 following expansion in 2000. Sunderland have a long-standing rivalry with their neighbouring club Newcastle United, with whom they have contested the Tyne–Wear derby since 1898. Since their most recent promotion to the Premier League in 2007, Sunderland have become one of the world's wealthiest football brands, being valued at USD $93 million in 2014, 31st in the world overall.
Stadium Of LightIn 1997, Sunderland moved to their present ground, Stadium of Light in Monkwearmouth, which was opened by Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Built with an original capacity of 42,000, it hosted its first game against Dutch team Ajax. The stadium bears a similar name to the Portuguese club Benfica's ground Estádio da Luz, albeit in a different language. Stadium expansion in 2000 saw the capacity increase to 49,000. A Davy lamp monument stands outside the stadium, and a miners banner was presented to the club by the Durham Miners' Association, as a reminder of the Monkwearmouth Colliery pit the stadium was built on.
Team News - Predicted Line-UpsSunderland: Ruiter, Matthews, Kone, Wilson, Oviedo, Ndong, Cattermole, McManaman, Williams, Honeyman, Vaughan
Cardiff City: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Bennett, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Damour, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Zohore
Form - Last Three GamesHull City 1-1 Sunderland
Sunderland 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Sunderland 1-2 Sheffield United
Cardiff City 1-1 Sunderland
Preston North End 3-0 Cardiff City
Fulham 1-1 Cardiff Cory
Match OddsSunderland - 6/4
Cardiff City - 15/8
Draw - 11/5
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