Sunderland vs Burnley

Sunderland have lost two of their last four league meetings with Burnley (D2), having lost just one of their previous 18 against the Clarets (W10 D7).

Burnley won 4-2 in their last away league game against Sunderland, ending a 10-game winless run at the Black Cats (D3 L7). They’ve never won consecutive such visits before.

After winning their opening two league games of the season, Sunderland could win each of their first three matches to begin a league campaign for the first time since 1925-26 in the top-flight.

Burnley have lost just one of their last 28 Championship games (W21 D6), including wins in each of their last five such games by an aggregate score of 15-2.

Since the beginning of last season, Sunderland average 1.4 points and 1.3 goals per league game with Jack Clarke in the starting lineup (41 games) compared to 0.6 points and 0.9 goals per game without him in the starting XI (7 games).