Not for the first time this season, Sunderland showed tremendous character to preserve their unbeaten record at the Stadium of Light and cement their healthy position in the top half of the table. The Black Cats have now won more points from losing positions this term - 16 - than they have in any other Premier League season,

Today is a run of three games, with West Ham away and Burnley at home to follow where we can potentially be close to that magical 40-point mark by the time we go to Arsenal on February 7th. The bookies have the Lads at 23/10 to win the game, while Everton are priced at 23/20, and the draw is 2/1.

Manchester City's Premier League title challenge suffered an early New Year's blow on Thursday as they were held to a 0-0 draw away to Sunderland, who weathered a second-half storm to preserve their unbeaten home record in the league this season.

Sunderland has been one of the Premier League’s pleasant surprises this season. After earning promotion from the Championship last season, the club is staying close to a European spot as we get further into January. Sunderland is looking to win a match in the FA Cup for just the second time since the 2018-19 season.

Igor Thiago scored two more goals to extend Brentford's unbeaten run to six games and send the Bees up to 5th in the Premier League table with a 3-0 victory over Sunderland on Wednesday.

Premier League sides Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, and Everton are interested in signing AS Roma midfielder Edoardo Bove.

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has launched an attack on the Eagles' board over their handling of the departure of another key player after a deal to sell captain Marc Guehi to Manchester City was completed on the eve of their 2-1 defeat by Sunderland.