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Lee Johnson has given an update on the fitness and wellbeing of his Sunderland squad ahead of Saturday night’s meeting with Hull City.

Sunderland continue our Sky Bet League One campaign this Saturday (7:45pm), as Hull City visit Wearside for the Stadium of Light’s first contest of 2021. The match sees Lee Johnson’s Lads take on Grant McCann’s second-placed Tigers side, in a league fixture rearranged from Boxing Day due to Covid-19 issues. It represents a chance for Sunderland to move closer or even into the top six depending on results around the grounds, with several League One clubs involved in Emirates FA Cup action over the weekend. Form Guide The Lads have played just 18 league games this season, and are...

This may not have resulted in the victory Sunderland wanted at the Stadium of Light. Yet this was no ordinary day on Wearside. Even though Bailey Wright struck his second goal of the season with the sweetest of volleys just after the hour, the Black Cats had to settle for a point having fallen behind to Joe Pigott’s penalty three minutes before the break. Given the amount of possession Sunderland enjoyed over the course of the match, they should probably have won this but Wimbledon created some fantastic chances to win it too. A point for both teams was the outcome on a day when Sunder...

  End-to-end action ensued early on, but it was the Imps left to ponder how they weren’t in front as the clock ticked past the 15-minute mark.    Brennan Johnson broke in behind the Sunderland backline on two occasions, but on both he failed to apply the cherry on top after breaking the offside trap to sprint through one-on-one.   The forward first effort clipped wide of the post, with Lee Burge doing especially well top force him wide and ensure the second found the side-netting.      Handed a first league start of the season, Jack Diamond tore through the Lincoln defence and a c...