Sunderland visit Oxford United on Saturday in a game that pits two League One play-off contenders against each other. The game at the Kassam Stadium kicks off at 3pm, and it could have a major bearing on which of these two sides secures a play-off berth.
The Black Cats' climbed into the top six at the weekend following their 1-0 home win against Gillingham, but Wycombe's 4-1 win at Cambridge United on Tuesday night saw the Chairboys move up to sixth and Sunderland drop to seventh. As for Oxford, they dropped out of the play-off places on Saturday after losing 1-0 at Plymouth, and their 2-1 defeat at Morecambe on Tuesday meant they missed their chance to go back into the top six, and have now slipped to eighth.
Alex Neil's Sunderland go into the match on the back of a seven-game unbeaten run, while Karl Robinson's side has picked up just a single point from their last three outings.
