Follow live coverage as Sunderland face Aston Villa today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Liverpool look to fend off competition from Arsenal,

A statement from Sunderland outlining the change in schedule reads: “Two of Sunderland AFC’s Premier League fixtures in November have new kick-off times after being selected for live television broadcast.

Mark Clattenburg has exclusively told TBR Football his thoughts on the incident. Clattenburg agrees with the decision to punish Reinildo with a red card, but also identified that a mistake was made from an Aston Villa perspective, alluding to the fact that Matty Cash should have also been cautioned for catching the Sunderland star.

Aston Villa takes the lead against Sunderland with a score of 1-0. Matty Cash scores with a powerful right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, sending the ball to the top center of the net. The assist came from Boubacar Kamara following a corner kick.

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Sunderland were in complete control prior to going down to ten men and had to survive somewhat of a frantic end to the first-half, albeit without Villa creating anything. Once they regrouped at half-time, they made the game ugly and Emery's side struggled with the physicality, roared on by the raucous red and white crowd.

Regis Le Bris could continue his sensational start at Sunderland in the Premier League when his side host Aston Villa. The Frenchman has defied expectations at the Stadium of Light so far, with the 2-0 loss against fellow newly promoted Burnley his only loss across the opening four league fixtures.

The EFL's head of youth development, Darren Wassall, on the success of the league's academy system and what more needs to be done.

Villa remain without a win in this season but Matty Cash did score their first Premier League goal of the campaign.