Premier League Birmingham City vs Sunderland Live Streaming

Premier League Birmingham City vs Sunderland Live Streaming

Saturday October 24, 2009 Kick off: 15:00 Day 10 St. Andrews
Countdown: Today - 15:00

Birmingham City vs Sunderland Live

Birmingham City
Manager: Alex McLeish
Captain: Stephen Carr


Sunderland
Manager: Steve Bruce
Captain: Lorik Cana

Sunderland have won the last two meetings with Birmingham by a 2-0 scoreline including a Carling Cup victory earlier this season. In the Premier League, Birmingham have the edge though with four wins and only one defeat in six meetings.Sunderland have only won five of 29 Premier League trips to the Midlands and lost the last four in a row.

All four of Birmingham's Premier League wins against Sunderland came with current Black Cats boss Steve Bruce as their manager. Darren Bent has scored in five successive Premier League matches. If he manages to find the net in this game, he will become the first player to score in six successive top-flight matches for the Black Cats since Trevor Ford in December 1951.

Bent has been caught offside most in the division this season, 15 times. Sunderland are the most clinical side in the Premier League this season, scoring with 24 per cent of their shots. The Blues have been the most-fouled side in the Premier League this season, receiving 135 illegal challenges. This will be Birmingham's 200th Premier League game; they have won just 54 so far.Sunderland's total of 13 goals from strikers this season is a divisional high.