Gameweek 6 preview · Sat 10 Oct, 15:00 · Not on UK TV
Sunderland v Brighton
Sunderland sit 14th on 4 points (form LWDL); Brighton are 5th on 7 (WLDW). Kick-off is 15:00 UK time on Sat 10 Oct, and not shown live on UK television.
The numbers
Sunderland have scored 3 goals and conceded 5 in 4 games, from chances worth 6.2 expected goals, with 1 clean sheet. Brighton have scored 13 goals and conceded 5 in 4 games, from chances worth 11.6 expected goals, with 3 clean sheets.
On the game's difficulty scale this is a 2 for SUN and a 3 for BHA (out of 5).
The FPL angle
Sunderland's leading FPL assets are Xhaka (19 pts, 3.7%, £5.5m), Isidor (14 pts, 1.3%, £5.5m) and Mukiele (13 pts, 1.9%, £5.4m). The market's pick this week is O'Nien, bought by 4,151 managers since the last deadline. Diarra is on penalties.
Brighton's leading FPL assets are Groß (47 pts, 24.2%, £5.8m), De Cuyper (38 pts, 25.8%, £4.9m) and Vuskovic (32 pts, 3.3%, £5.0m). The market's pick this week is Groß, bought by 316,857 managers since the last deadline. Groß is on penalties.
Availability
- Reinildo (SUN) — Suspended until 10 Oct
- Diarra (SUN) — Hamstring injury - Unknown return date
- Mundle (SUN) — Knee injury - Unknown return date
- Hinshelwood (BHA) — Ankle injury - Expected back 10 Oct
- Wieffer (BHA) — Knee injury - Unknown return date
- Mitoma (BHA) — Hamstring injury - Expected back 10 Oct
- Minteh (BHA) — Leg injury - Expected back 28 Nov
- Yohanna (BHA) — Unspecified injury - Expected back 10 Oct
Last season
Brighton 0–0 Sunderland (GW17) and Sunderland 0–1 Brighton (GW30).
Watching it
Saturday 3pm kick-offs aren't shown live in the UK. For other countries, the My Team fixtures tab lists every rights holder.