Sunderland vs Burnley Prediction: Black Cats yet to leak a goal

Sunderland is going to host Burnley at the Stadium of Light in the English Championship, Game Week 3. The Black Cats have yet to leak a single goal this campaign. Who will win after 90 minutes?

Sunderland fans might have been divided when appointing the relatively unknown to English football in Regis Le Bris as manager. However, the Frenchman has wasted very little time getting off to the perfect start in the Championship.

It was Le Bris who first led Sunderland to a 2-0 win at Cardiff City, a strong opening statement. Second time out, the Black Cats would go one better and ruthlessly take apart Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-0 triumph at the Stadium of Light.

With such a start to the season, expectations around the club have skyrocketed, and now the challenge is building on Le Bris to deal with those increased expectations. This shall be a great test for the manager's and team's credentials, especially while strengthening this squad in the final week of the transfer window.

Patterson; Hume, O'Nien, Alese, Cirkin; Neil, Bellingham; Roberts, Rigg, Aouchiche; Mayenda

Scott Parker may have been in charge for only two Burnley games, but already he has done enough to convince any doubters of the appointment. The Clarets breezed to victories over Luton Town and Cardiff City, netting a quite brilliant nine in their opening 180 minutes of the campaign.

What's most impressive, however, is that these have been spread around the team, indicating that Parker's team has been a constant threat in the final third. It's little wonder more people are starting to think that yet another Championship title may well be theirs.

What is also evident of the team's success is that seven different players have scored, although one of them—Wilson Odobert—has since moved to Tottenham Hotspur.

Looking at Burnley's recent form, their only defeat away from home in their last four competitive matches – including games from the tail end of last season's Premier League – was a narrow 2-1 loss at Spurs.

Hladky; Roberts, O'Shea, Esteve, Pires; Vitinho, Cullen, Brownhill, Koleosho; Rodriguez, Foster

The Stadium of Light is going to be abuzz with passion as Sunderland fans look forward to another strong performance from their team, but the dominance that Burnley has shown since Scott Parker took over gives a gut feeling that they might be the side to beat in the Championship this season. Despite the home advantage and the optimism around Sunderland, we are going to predict that Burnley will come away with a hard-earned victory in this clash.