Sunderland host Fulham at Stadium of Light on Sunday, August 30 (9:00 AM ET \/ 8:00 AM CT \/ 6:00 AM PT).<\/p>\n
Sunderland will be without the injured Simon Adingra for Sunday’s visit of Fulham, though last weekend’s regulars remain in the picture \u2014 Nilson Angulo, Trai Hume, Granit Xhaka and Noah Sadiki are all still expected to feature at the Stadium of Light. Fulham arrive missing two key figures of their own: the suspended Joachim Andersen and the injured Tom Cairney (knee) are both unavailable, which puts extra weight on Joshua King, Timothy Castagne, Sander Berge and Jorge Cuenca in the visitors’ side.<\/p>\n
Both teams come into this off defeats in the opening round, and neither performance suggested control of games is close at hand yet. Sunderland conceded 2 goals in defeat at Ipswich Town, while Fulham let in 3 of their own during a 2-3 loss at home to Chelsea. Expect an open, cagey watch at the Stadium of Light, where game management matters as much as attacking intent this early into the season.<\/p>\n\n\n