Sunday afternoon’s game at the Stadium of Light sees bottom of the table Sunderland host a Liverpool side looking to bounce back after two straight 1-0 defeats.

The Black Cats lost 3-0 to West Bromwich Albion a week ago, in a game that turned out to be Paolo Di Canio’s final game in charge.

Former player Kevin Ball has stepped into the breach as the club search for a new manager, and the 48 year old oversaw a 2-0 win over Peterborough United in the League Cup third round on Tuesday evening.

Steven Fletcher is the only real injury worry for Ball, after the Scotland striker injured his shoulder at The Hawthorns last Sunday.

USA international Jozy Altidore is a 10.0 (9/1) shot with William Hill to open the scoring, while Craig Gardner is generously priced at 21.0 (20/1) with the same firm.

The home win is available at 5.5 (9/2) with most firms, with Liverpool odds on at a best price of 1.75 (3/4) with Paddy Power. The draw is a 3.9 (29/10) chance with 888 Sport.

The visitors were knocked off the top spot following their narrow defeat to Southampton last weekend, a result that ended their unbeaten start to the season.

Luis Suarez is set to play in the Premier League for the first time since April after making his comeback in Wednesday’s League Cup loss to Manchester United.

However, defenders Aly Cissokho, Daniel Agger and Glen Johnson, and midfielder Philippe Coutinho are all out injured.
William Hill price Suarez at 5.5 (9/2) to get the first goal of the game, with top scorer Daniel Sturridge available at the same price with the same firm.

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is set to face his former club for the first time since moving to Merseyside during the summer, and the Belgium international is 2.5 (6/4) with Stan James to keep a fourth clean sheet of the season.

Alternatively, you may want to take advantage of Coral’s offer of 2.9 (19/10) for the Reds to win to nil, as they did when the sides last met back in January.