Wednesday evening’s game at the Stadium of Light sees a resurgent Sunderland host a West Bromwich Albion side who currently sit one point and one place above them in the table.

Neither side are completely safe from the threat of relegation, though Norwich City are odds on join Fulham and Cardiff City in dropping to the championship.

Sunderland are two points above the Canaries, and victory here will guarantee their safety though a point should also be enough as their goal difference is far superior than that of Neil Adams’ side.

West Brom are already on thirty-six points, three ahead of Norwich with an even better goal difference than Sunderland so are all but safe.

The hosts form over the past four matches has been nothing short of remarkable, with ten points coming from away matches at Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United and a home game with Cardiff City.

Manager Gus Poyet is set to name an unchanged side, as he has no injury concerns other than long term absentees Steven Fletcher, Carlos Cuellar and Ki Sung-Yeung.

Connor Wickham is favourite to open the scoring at 6.5 (11/2) with Bet 365, ahead of Fabio Borini who is an 8.0 (7/1) shot with Paddy Power.

The home win is priced at 2.3 (13/10) with Bet Victor, with West Brom a 4.0 (3/1) with a variety of firms. The draw is widely available at 3.1 (21/10).

The visitors lost to Arsenal on Sunday afternoon, though the eight points they had collected in the five games previous to their trip to the Emirates looks like it will be enough to save them from the drop.

Steven Reid is doubtful with the groin injury that saw him miss out at the weekend, and he could join Thievy Bifouma, Billy Jones, Liam Ridgewell and Zoltan Gera on the side-lines.

Matej Vydra and Saido Berahino are both priced at 10.0 (9/1) with BetFred to get the first goal of the game, with former Black Cat Stephane Sessegnon a 12.5 (23/2) shot with 888 Sport.

Sunderland have won their last two games without conceding, and can be backed at 4.0 (3/1) with Coral to do so this time around.