COVENTRY BEAT SUNDERLAND 3-1, BLACK CATS STAY BOTTOM

Coventry City beat Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League, leaving Sunderland bottom of the table after a third consecutive away defeat. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Taiwo Awoniyi scored for Coventry before half-time, and Jack Rudoni added a third in the second half. Enzo Le Fee scored for Sunderland from the penalty spot. The result leaves Sunderland with just one win from their Premier League matches so far this season, three points adrift of safety.

Sunderland's head coach Regis Le Bris led the club to promotion before guiding the side into European competition in their first season back in the top flight. Despite the defeat, Sunderland's travelling supporters did not call for Le Bris to be removed, though they remained largely silent during the closing stages of the match. Sunderland's next four league fixtures are against Chelsea, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Liverpool. The club's hierarchy includes Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and Juan Sartori as owners, alongside Florent Ghisolfi as director of football.

Sunderland had been expected to build on their European qualification and push into the top half of the table this season. The club's immediate focus now shifts to avoiding relegation as the run of fixtures against Chelsea, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Liverpool approaches. Louis-Dreyfus, Sartori and Ghisolfi face decisions over the direction of the season as results continue to leave the club bottom of the Premier League. No confirmed change to the coaching staff has been announced.