Sunderland vs West Ham United live: Latest score and team news updates from the Stadium of Light
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of the Premier League clash between Sunderland and West Ham United at the Stadium of Light
• Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat is expected to resign following today's game regardless of the result
• The Black Cats sit bottom of table having not won so far this Premier League season
• West Ham are the joint-highest scorers this campaign with 15 goals, while there opponents have scored only six
• Slaven Bilic's side have the division's best away record, emerging victorious from the Emirates, Anfield and the Etihad already this year
Line-ups
Sunderland: Pantilimon, Jones, Yedlin, O’Shea, Coates, Cattermole, M’Vila, Toivonen, Lens, Borini, Fletcher
Subs: Mannone, van Aanholt, Brown, Larsson, Rodwell, Gomez, Defoe
West Ham United: Adrian, Jenkinson, Reid, Tomkins, Cresswell, Noble, Kouyate, Moses, Payet, Lanzini, Sakho
Subs: Randolph, Zarate, Obiang, Collins, Jelavic, Antonio, Oxford
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