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Sunderland Stats and Facts

Sunderland will be looking to bounce back from the heavy defeat at West Brom and there’s no better way to fight back by beating your neighbours and rivals. Sunderland, with Martin O’Neil, have been a totally different side and will look to improve further by beating Newcastle United.

• Martin O’Neill is the seventh different manager to take charge of Sunderland in a Tyne-wear derby in the PL era. All six previous ones failed to win their opening derby match – 2 draws and 4 defeats. The only previous one to win this derby were Peter Reid (2) and Roy Keane (1).

• This is the 14th different managerial combination to face each other in the Tyne-Wear derby in the PL era. Ten of the last 11 PL meetings have had a different managerial head to head.

• O’Neill’s last PL match against Newcastle saw them relegated. His Aston Villa side won 1-0 at Villa Park in May 2009 to send them down to the Championship. He has won six of 14 PL career matches against Newcastle (5 defeats). His only win in seven PL visits to the Sports Direct Arena was Leicester City’s 2-0 victory in April 2000. This includes Leicester losing 4-3 from 3-1 up in Feb 1997.

• Picked up 22 points from 12 PL matches under O’Neill – five more than rivals Newcastle (17) over the last 12 PL matches.

• Lost their last two PL matches. They have not lost three in a row since a four-match losing streak from March to April 2011. The last time O’Neill lost three in a row was during a four-match streak from March to April 2009.

• Conceded six goals in their last two PL matches, having conceded only seven in their previous 10 under O’Neill.

• Fraizer Campbell is set to make his 50th PL appearance. The striker has scored six goals in the division.

• Sunderland’s biggest PL away win this season came with Mike Dean as referee – 4-1 at Wigan on January 3.

Thanks to @InfoStradaLive for the Stats and Facts.

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