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TEAM NEWS
Sunderland manager David Moyes has fitness concerns over four players.
Lee Cattermole, Darron Gibson, Jack Rodwell and Jason Denayer are all nursing injuries and will be assessed, while Sebastian Larsson must complete a three-match ban.
Bournemouth midfielder Dan Gosling will miss the game because of a calf problem sustained in last weekend’s 4-0 win over Middlesbrough.
Cherries manager Eddie Howe otherwise has no fresh injury concerns.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Bournemouth’s only victory in all nine previous meetings came at home in their first Premier League fixture against Sunderland, in September 2015.
- Three of the four previous encounters on Wearside in all competitions ended 1-1, with Sunderland 3-2 victors in the old Division Two in 1989.
- Sunderland won away at Bournemouth in November so could do the double over another club for the first time in two years.
Sunderland
- The Black Cats have earned just two points from their last nine fixtures and failed to score in eight of them. Their only victory in 16 games came against Crystal Palace in February (W1, D4, L11).
- David Moyes’ side are winless in eight home matches since beating Watford before Christmas (D4, L4).
- They have been behind in games for 20 hours and 20 minutes this season, more than any other Premier League side.
- Sunderland have failed to score in a league-high 17 matches this season.
- Relegation from the Premier League for a fourth time would equal the record held by Crystal Palace and Norwich City.
- Jermain Defoe has not scored a goal in nine games, a barren run spanning 14 hours and 15 minutes since his brace at Crystal Palace on 4 February.
Bournemouth
- Bournemouth have gone seven league away matches without a win, conceding 18 goals, since beating Swansea on New Year’s Eve (D3, L4).
- They have only earned two victories and 11 points in the last 19 Premier League away games.
- The Cherries have conceded 32 goals since the turn of the year, six more than any other Premier League side.
- Joshua King has scored 11 league goals in 2017, two more than Sunderland.
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