Summary

  • Sunderland XI: Mannone; Jones, Brown, O'Shea, Van Aanholt; M'Vila, Cattermole; Johnson, Lens, Borini; Defoe.

  • Bournemouth XI: Boruc; Smith, Francis, Cook, Daniels; Surman; Pugh, Gosling, Arter, Stanislas; Afobe.

Live Reporting

James Gheerbrant

  1. The twilight zone

    Sunderland. The relegation zone. They like it down there. Like one of those bottom-feeding fish that David Attenborough visits in his bathysphere, they've become accustomed to life in the gloomy depths.

    Newly-promoted Bournemouth currently sit 15th and are desperate to avoid joining them in the dark reaches of the bottom three. Eddie Howe knows that once you slip into the Premier League twilight zone, it's hard to get out.

    But you wouldn't bank on both these sides being out of trouble come the end of the season. And it's games like this that could be crucial in deciding which of these sides makes it out alive.

  2. Welcome

    Welcome to our live page for Sunderland v Bournemouth. We’ll have text commentary here from 14:30 GMT. You can keep up to date with all the build-up to today’s games here.