A fourth successive league draw for Sunderland saw them surpassed by Leeds United in top spot on the Championship table by the conclusion of the weekend and they will be looking to reclaim it as they host sixth place West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.

We played well. Better than for a while. This period of injury and moment-of-madness depletion has shown that while we have a very strong first eleven, we don’t have enough beyond that group of players. We need those players back but for now we stopped the bleeding with this game.

Follow live coverage as West Bromwich Albion face Norwich City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

West Brom's last three league games at the Hawthorns have been drawn 0-0. In Football League history, only three teams have drawn four in a row at home goalless: Wrexham in September 1978, Bristol City in January 2000 and Wolves in April 2016.