West Ham United v Sunderland AFC LIVE: Follow all the action from the London Stadium

Struggling Sunderland face West Ham United at the London Stadium today - and we've got it covered.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Oct 2016, 07:48 BST- 1 min read

Updated 25th Oct 2016, 17:25 BST

Sunderland travel to West Ham United's London Stadium today.

Follow our live blog for the very best build-up, match action and post-match reaction:The Black Cats head into the game bottom of the Premier League after failing to win any of their opening eight league matches.

Richard Mennear and Roy Kelly are in London for the game, bringing you the best build-up, match action and post-match reaction.

Lamine Kone and Patrick van Aanholt are both in contention for a start after returning to training this week at the Academy of Light.

Lee Cattermole misses out with a back injury, along with Jan Kirchhoff (hamstring), but like Adnan Januzaj (ankle) and Jason Denayer (adductor) they are making good progress.

Vito Mannone (elbow), Seb Larsson (knee) and Fabio Borini (thigh) all remain injured.

West Ham, meanwhile, are without Darren Randolph, Gokhan Tore, Sam Byram, Andy Carroll, Andre Ayew, Diafra Sakho and Arthur Masuaku.

Defender Aaron Cresswell is suspended after being sent off against Crystal Palace last weekend.

Follow our live blog for the very best build-up, match action and post-match reaction: