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Sunderland v Burnley Championship Lineup

This game is in the Championship, kick off at 16:00 on Saturday 24 August 2024.

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Sunderland v Burnley Championship

  • Sunderland was relegated from the Premier League to the Championship at the end of the 2017-2018 season.
  • Burnley achieved promotion to the Premier League from the Championship in the 2015-2016 season.
  • Sunderland holds the record for the most seasons spent in the top flight of English football without winning the league title.
  • Burnley's home ground, Turf Moor, is one of the oldest football stadiums in England, having been in use since 1883.
  • Sunderland's record attendance at the Stadium of Light is 48,355, set in a match against Liverpool in 2002.
  • Burnley has a long-standing rivalry with Blackburn Rovers, known as the East Lancashire Derby, which dates back over 100 years.