Overview
- Kick-off is 20:00 BST on Monday at the Stadium of Light, with live coverage on Sky Sports Main Event.
- Sunderland sit 11th on 33 points and Burnley are 19th on 15 in Premier League matchweek 24.
- Régis Le Bris’s side are the division’s only unbeaten home team this season, extending their run to 11 league matches.
- Burnley are without a league win since October across 14 matches, though they drew recently with Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham.
- Granit Xhaka is out with an ankle injury for around three weeks, and Sunderland are expected to stick with a 4-2-3-1 with Chemsdine Talbi and Habib Diarra in contention to start.