Sunderland 1 Wolves 3

Bolton 1 Sunderland 2

Bolton manager Owen Coyle has made five changes against Sunderland as they looked to chalk up six successive home wins for the first time in the top flight since 1997.

Sunderland midfielder Kieran Richardson will miss the rest of the Premier League season after scans revealed a stress fracture of his left fibula.

Sulley Muntari’s agent claims Sunderland will not attempt to sign the midfielder on a permanent basis in the summer for financial reasons.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce will head into tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham without a single senior striker fit.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce will make late checks on a trio of players ahead of tomorrow’s vital Barclays Premier League clash with Wigan.

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce does not believe Darren Bent’s shock January departure is the reason for the club’s alarming slump in form.

Fernando Torres found himself on the bench as Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti made four changes following his side’s Champions League exit at the hands of Manchester United in midweek.

Steve Bruce believes he will field one of the youngest sides in Sunderland’s history at Birmingham tomorrow with injuries once again taking their toll.

Exasperated Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is to launch an inquiry into why so many of his players break down in games.

THE contrast between the two men prowling the respective technical areas couldn’t have been more stark.

Sunderland 2 West Brom 3

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce will be boosted by the return of long-term absentees Fraizer Campbell and Michael Turner to the squad for Premier League trip to Manchester City.

THE friendly no-one wanted turned into the best of its kind since the new Wembley was opened in 2007 — and ended with gleeful Ghana racing to their fans in jubilation following Asamoah Gyan’s last-minute leveller.

IN football, as in life, what goes around, comes around.

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 2

Everton 2 Sunderland 0

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is keeping his fingers crossed after defender Michael Turner suffered a setback on his return from injury.

HARRY REDKNAPP has always had the air of an EastEnders character about him, and the Tottenham Hotspur manager did little to disabuse anyone of that notion with a post-match summation that could just as easily have been delivered over a pint in the Queen Vic.

Sunderland 1 Tottenham 2

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce could be facing up to another month without skipper Lee Cattermole.

SUNDERLAND boss Steve Bruce has revealed the Premier League’s big guns have all made enquiries about Jordan Henderson but remains confident the highly-rated midfielder will still be at the Stadium of Light next season.

Stephane Sessegnon will make his Sunderland debut in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash against Chelsea but fellow new signing Sulley Muntari is unavailable.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce today finally made a transfer breakthrough when he secured Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari on loan for the rest of the season.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce will start life without leading scorer Darren Bent at Blackpool tomorrow.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is keeping his fingers crossed over skipper Lee Cattermole and striker Danny Welbeck ahead of Sunday’s derby clash with Newcastle.

SUNDERLAND boss Steve Bruce says the news is encouraging for Irishman David Meyler after his knee injury on Wednesday, but the manager is questioning his own selection of the player so soon after recovering from a cruciate ligament injury.

Republic of Ireland midfielder Andy Reid will go straight into the Sunderland squad along with Jack Colback for tomorrow’s FA Cup third round clash with Notts County after being recalled from loan.

Record signing Asamoah Gyan is a doubt for Sunderland’s Barclays Premier League trip to Aston Villa tomorrow night.

Skipper Lee Cattermole and record signing Asamoah Gyan are major doubts for Sunderland’s Barclays Premier League clash with Blackburn tomorrow.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce faces major selection problems for the St Stephen's Day trip to Manchester United with seven senior men missing.

Sunderland 1 Bolton 0

Sunderland 1 West Ham 0

Wolves 3 Sunderland 2

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has made four changes to his starting line-up for the visit of Sunderland to Molineux in the Premier League this afternoon.

Sunderland will begin a lengthy spell without defenders Titus Bramble and Michael Turner at Wolves tomorrow.

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is hoping leading scorer Darren Bent could return for Monday night’s Barclays Premier League clash with Everton.

Sunderland striker Darren Bent will miss Sunday’s trip to Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League as he continues to battle a hamstring injury.

Sunderland striker Darren Bent could be sidelined for several weeks by the hamstring injury which kept him out of Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Stoke.

Sunderland 2 Stoke 0

Leading scorer Darren Bent missed out as Sunderland boss Steve Bruce handed record signing Asamoah Gyan a first Barclays Premier League start against Stoke.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce will be without key defender Titus Bramble for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League home clash with Stoke.

Sunderland striker Darren Bent is a major doubt for Monday night’s Barclays Premier League trip to Blackburn.