ALL OVER AT THE STADIUM OF LIGHT, THREE POINTS IN THE BAG!

Double substitution for Albion as Diego Gomez and Danny Welbeck are replaced by Matt O'Riley and Joel Veltman. Danny is given a nice round of applause from the home fans, having been on loan here during his Manchester United days.

For context, there were seven minutes added on in the second half against Arsenal last time out.

Yasin Ayari replaces Jack Hinshelwood.

Maxim De Cuyper comes on for Yankuba Minteh, who just before the change was in danger of receiving a second yellow card in a matter of moments.

Luke O'Nien grabs Yankuba Minteh from behind off the ball, the Gambian winger reacts, pushing O'Nien to the ground. Yellow card for Yankuba.

Diego Gomez trips a Sunderland player as they burst over the halfway line. Yellow card.

Albion are saved by VAR as Chris Rigg capitalises on a couple of missed opportunities to clear, firing past Verbruggen. The goal is given, but VAR spot Alderete offside in the build up.

Back underway.

Nothing to separate the teams after 45 minutes.

We ended up having a very entertaining opening 25 minutes, but since then it's been relatively quiet. The ball is swung into the Albion box, Dunk intercepts but only sends it into the air, which Rigg bicycle-kicks wide of the bottom left corner. Verbruggen then denies Geertruida's shot from 25 yards. It would have taken quite a considerable error for that to sneak in.

That's a fantastic Albion attack as van Hecke's ball goes all the way through for Welbeck. He runs down the right before finding Hinshelwood in the middle, but his shot is straight at Ellborg when he had the goal at his mercy!

Minteh has a couple of crosses from the by-line but Sunderland get them away both times before Kadioglu's right footed effort from the edge of the box is blocked. Danny Welbeck is playing a part in all the Albion attacks.

Danny Welbeck takes a decent touch on the edge of the box and sends an effort towards goal with his left boot, but it takes a nick off a Sunderland defender, which makes it very easy for Ellborg to gather.

That stops an absolutely certain Sunderland goal as Chemsdine Talbi manages to get to a free ball in the box first and send it past Verbruggen, but Dunk is there on the line to block and Bart gathers it.

Lewis Dunk's volley from the edge of the box is blocked by the arm of Ballard, but it's from such close range it'd be a very harsh one to give against the Sunderland defender.

Minteh gets down the left, swings in a lovely low ball for Hinshelwood in the middle, but Ellborg gets a foot in the way of the Albion man's first time finish, sending it behind for a corner!

Sunderland have just had a corner easily dealt with by the Albion defence, but other than that nothing has really happened. The early promise of a loud home crowd has dimmed, but we're not far into this one yet.

James Milner gets the game underway.

The speakers are absolutely deafening, as they blare out Ready to Go by Republica. It's over now. Just pleased that anyone has got eardrums after that.

Lewis Dunk will start his 500th game for Albion this afternoon, although will be walking a bit of a tightrope, as he sits just one yellow card away from a two-game suspension. "I think he's experienced enough to handle these kinds of situations," Fabian Hurzeler said. "He's my captain, he's my leader. He will always be on the pitch if he's 100% fit. "So we don't try to manage his minutes, only if he has some problems with his body. But overall, I've picked him because I believe in him, that he can handle this kind of situation. If it happens, we have players who can replace him."