Sunderland have killed me this season because I just don’t seem to be able to predict them at all.
The Black Cats are bottom of the table after losing four league games in a row and their boss Regis le Bris has a few problems to solve.
One of them is having European football that stretches their squad – they were away in Poland on Thursday – but at least they will have striker Brian Brobbey back from injury at the weekend.
After last weekend’s loss at Bournemouth, Sunderland defender Nordi Mukiele suggested the Black Cats may have become “arrogant”, but I don’t see that outburst being as damaging as the ones by Manchester United players recently.
Still, things like that are better kept inside the dressing room because some of Mukiele’s team-mates will be asking him if he was calling them arrogant.
I was never arrogant as a player, by the way, but people used to call me far worse than that in my day.
Maybe we will see a reaction from Sunderland here, but I still don’t see them winning this because Leeds are battle-hardened and are a good team too.
They weren’t at their best against Manchester United but still picked up a point, and they won’t be leaving the Stadium of Light empty-handed.
Sutton’s prediction: 1-1
