Sunderland opened the new Championship season with a new man in the dugout in Regis Le Bris and they began with a 2-0 win away at Cardiff, but that early-season optimism was then tempered by their midweek EFL Cup exit at the hands of Preston.
The Black Cats will now return to the Stadium of Light for their first home match of the season, but the omens are not good, as they ended last term on a seven-match winless run on their own patch, accumulating just two points during that time.
That run includes a 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on the final day of last season and the Owls will take confidence from that result and their own electric start to the new campaign.
Sunderland opened the new Championship season with a new man in the dugout in Regis Le Bris and they began with a 2-0 win away at Cardiff, but that early-season optimism was then tempered by their midweek EFL Cup exit at the hands of Preston.
The Black Cats will now return to the Stadium of Light for their first home match of the season, but the omens are not good, as they ended last term on a seven-match winless run on their own patch, accumulating just two points during that time.
That run includes a 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on the final day of last season and the Owls will take confidence from that result and their own electric start to the new campaign.
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Sunderland opened the new Championship season with a new man in the dugout in Regis Le Bris and they began with a 2-0 win away at Cardiff, but that early-season optimism was then tempered by their midweek EFL Cup exit at the hands of Preston.
The Black Cats will now return to the Stadium of Light for their first home match of the season, but the omens are not good, as they ended last term on a seven-match winless run on their own patch, accumulating just two points during that time.
That run includes a 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on the final day of last season and the Owls will take confidence from that result and their own electric start to the new campaign.
