Overview
- Tottenham visit the Stadium of Light on Sunday at 2pm BST, with Sky Sports Main Event showing the match live.
- West Ham’s 4-0 win on Friday moved Spurs into the bottom three, sharpening the pressure on Roberto De Zerbi’s first game.
- First‑choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is sidelined after surgery and Antonín Kinsky is expected to start, while Mohammed Kudus has suffered a setback that could rule him out for the season.
- Sunderland, broadly safe after a strong return to the top flight, have lost three straight home games and will try to steady their form.
- Tottenham have dominated the recent head-to-head, going unbeaten in their last 15 Premier League meetings with Sunderland since 2010.