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Sunderland aim for a sixth Premier League home win of the season when Leeds United are their visitors on Sunday.
The Black Cats are unbeaten in eight top-flight matches at the Stadium of Light in 2025/26, beating Bournemouth and Newcastle in their last two.
Leeds are six points clear of danger after taking eight points from their last four matches, although they have lost six and won one of their eight away league games since returning to the division.
101GreatGoals.com has full team news from Sunderland against Leeds in the Premier League, plus details on how to watch the action live.
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Sunderland starting XI against Leeds
Sunderland defender Dan Ballard is injured, so left-back Dennis Cirkin comes in and Nordi Mukiele moves to centre-back.
Reinildo Mandava is present at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Mozambique, as is midfielder Habib Diarra for Senegal, striker Bertrand Traoré as captain of Burkina Faso and winger Chemsdine Talbi, representing Morocco.
Defender or midfielder Noah Sadiki and left back Arthur Masuaku are also at the tournament with DR Congo.
Luke O’Nien is serving the final match of a three-match suspension for being sent off during the 3-0 defeat at Manchester City on December 6, and central defender Aji Alese is out with a shoulder injury.
Sunderland starting XI: Rofts, Mukiel, Cirkin, Alterete, Xhaka, Greeda, Rug, Le Fee, Addingra, Brobby
Sunderland substitutes: Patterson, Hjelde, Jones, Neil, Jones, Mayenda, Mundle, Isidor, Tuterov
Leeds starting XI against Brentford
Striker Lukas Nmecha returns to the Leeds bench following a hamstring injury, but midfielder Sean Longstaff (calf) remains out and winger Dan James is expected to be out until at least February with a hamstring problem.
Daniel Farke’s starting team is unchanged from the one the German named for the 4-1 home win over Crystal Palace last Saturday.
Leeds United starting XI: Perri, Bogle, Rodon, Bijol, Struijk, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Stach, Aaronson, Okafor, Calvert-Lewin.
Leeds substitutes: Bronlogue, Bornuguu, Justin, Tanaka, Grunev, Piro, Brishha, Harrison, Menuto
How to watch Sunderland vs Leeds: live stream online, TV channel
Kick-off on Sunday will be at 2:00 p.m. GMT (09:00 a.m. ET / 06:00 a.m. PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Streaming is available on a wide variety of devices via the Sky GO app.
Premier League results and schedule this weekend
Leaders Arsenal beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 at home on Saturday after second-placed Manchester City won by the same scoreline at 17th-placed Forest.
The Cityzens are two points behind the Gunners, with Aston Villa a point further back after their 2-1 win at Chelsea for an 11th consecutive victory in all competitions.
Saturday December 27
Forest 1-2 Man City
Arsenal 2-1 Brighton
Brentford 4-1 Bournemouth
Burnley 0-0 Everton
Liverpool 2-1 Wolves
West Ham 0-1 Fulham
Chelsea 1-2 Villa
Sunday December 28
Sunderland v Leeds (2:00 p.m.)
Crystal Palace v Tottenham (4:30 p.m.)
