Expect Sunderland in their usual 4-2-3-1. Le Bris loves that double pivot — it gives his full-backs license to bomb forward while the two holders screen the back four. The predicted XI has Roefs in goal, a back line of Meunier, O'Nien, Ballard and Reinildo, with Xhaka and Sadiki sitting deep. Hume, Le Fée and Angulo will be the half-space runners behind Brobbey, who is a proper handful — strong, mobile, a real focal point. Fulham will likely mirror that shape, a 4-2-3-1 of their own, with Leno between the sticks and a back four of Castagne, Bassey, Cuenca and Robinson. Berge and Iwobi form the double pivot, with Bobb, Kevin and King ahead of Muniz. That's a decent side, but it's a side that can be pressed. Sunderland's midfield dogfight will be key — if Xhaka and Sadiki can outwork Berge and Iwobi, the home side will control the tempo. The wide areas are where this gets tasty: Robinson loves to overlap, but that leaves space in behind for Angulo to knife into. Set-piece kings? Both sides have threats, but Sunderland's physicality at the back — Ballard and O'Nien — gives them an edge on dead balls.