The Baggies have won five and lost none of their last six home league meetings with Sunderland.

The Black Cats have failed to score in four of their last six trips to the Hawthorns.

In their last 15 home league games, West Brom have kept eight clean sheets but conceded three or more goals in the other seven.

West Brom are the only side yet to score in the first half an hour this season and are also the only side yet to net in the final 30 minutes.

The Black Cats have had fewer shots on target than any other PL side this term (23).

Tony Pulis has not gone five Premier League home games without a win since a run of five draws at Stoke between April and September 2012. He has never gone five without one within the same top-flight campaign.

West Brom have not won any of their last nine league games in the month of October (D4 L5).

Only twice in their top-flight history have Sunderland gone nine games from the start of a season without a win (10 in both 1969/70 and 1976/77).

Darren Fletcher has not missed a minute of Premier League football since making his debut for the Baggies in February (2070 minutes).

The last three permanent Sunderland managers have all started with an away defeat.

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