Sunday afternoon’s Premier League action concludes in the North East where Sunderland face local rivals Newcastle United in the Wear-Tyne derby.

The Black Cats are in a terrible run of form which has seen them win just one of their last thirteen games, and they have scored just one goal in their last six.

Their last defeat came at West Ham United, and could slip into the bottom three if they fail to win here and Burnley get a positive result against Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday’s early game.

Lee Cattermole is available after serving a two match suspension and Billy Jones could feature after recovering from a hamstring injury which has kept him out for the past seven weeks though Wes Brown, Will Buckley, Emanuele Giaccherini are all side-lined.

Jermaine Defoe is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 6.5 (11/2) with Bet Victor with Steven Fletcher, fresh from bagging a hat-trick for Scotland last weekend, an 8.0 (7/1) chance with the same firm.

The home win is 2.62 (13/8) with William Hill, with the visitors as highly priced as the 3.1 (21/10) on offer from a variety of firms. The draw is 3.25 (9/4) with 888 Sport.

Newcastle have won just one of their last seven games, but go in to the weekend ten points clear of the bottom three, with a mid-table finish once again looking likely.

They are however top of the injuries table with Steven Taylor, Paul Dummett, Cheick Tiote, Massadio Haidara and Roland Aarons all out while Papiss Cisse and Fabricio Collocini are both suspended.

Ayoze Perez is 9.0 (8/1) to open the scoring with several bookmakers, with Yoan Gouffran a 15.0 (14/1) chance with Paddy Power.

The reverse fixture ended in a 1-0 victory for Sunderland, their fourth straight win against their fierce rivals, and three of those wins came without them conceding.

The home win to nil is priced at 4.2 (16/5) with Bet Victor, while as both teams have failed to score over one goal in each of their last seven games, you may prefer to back there being under 2.5 here at the widely available price of 1.8 (4/6).