Sunderland are gearing up to take on Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light on Sunday afternoon in what promises to be an exciting and fiery contest.
The game has a feeling of a derby day, heading into it, with both sides looking to be keen on claiming a scalp on the other and ensuring that they come away with all three points in the Tees-Wear derby.
Boro are full of excitement heading into their first away trip of the Premier League since their return and confidence is high with Aitor Karanka’s men.
Business has been good for Boro and they’ll be looking to build upon their opening day draw at home at Stoke, as both teams came away with a toughly-contested 1-1 draw.
However, Sunderland will be looking to right their wrongs from their previous outing against Manchester City on the opening day, where they were unlucky to be defeated 2-1.
This fixture has a long history although it has been seven long years since this clash has occurred in the Premier League. We take a look back at two of the best and two of the worst encounters in the Wear-Tees derby:
