Sunderland have won just one of their last nine league games against Middlesbrough (D3 L5), failing to score in four of their last seven meetings with them.

Last season, Middlesbrough claimed their biggest ever away win against Sunderland in the Football League (4-0) and will be looking to win back-to-back away league matches against their rivals for the first time since 2006.

Sunderland are looking to win three successive league matches at the Stadium of Light for the first time since April 2022, while they last did so in the top two tiers in February 2012 in the Premier League.

Middlesbrough have lost only one of their last eight away league games (W4 D3), while they’ve only conceded six goals in that run and kept three clean sheets.

Sunderland’s Romaine Mundle has scored in each of his last three games in the Championship, the only previous player for the Black Cats to score in four successive games in the competition was Ross Stewart (run of five between August 2022/January 2023).

Sky Bet Championship: Pre-match stat pack

Sky Bet Championship: Pre-match stat pack