Wrexham vs Sunderland - prediction, team news, lineups

Wrapping up their engagement successful this year's Premier League Summer Series, some Sunderland and Wrexham volition question a morale-boosting triumph erstwhile they conscionable successful Pennsylvania connected Sunday.

While the Black Cats are preparing for an upcoming European campaign, their Welsh counterparts volition people promotion from the Championship adjacent season.

Match preview

Having invested heavy successful overhauling the squad that earned them a instrumentality to the large time, Sunderland were handsomely rewarded for their ambition past season, upsetting the likelihood to decorativeness seventh successful the Premier League.

After 8 years distant from England's apical tier, Regis Le Bris exceeded each expectations by starring the Wearside nine into Europe for the archetypal clip since 1974.

Ahead of their Europa League adventure, the Black Cats person been gathering up to the caller home campaign, and they kicked disconnected pre-season with a 5-1 triumph implicit York City.

Le Bris past led his squad to the United States for a trio of affable fixtures, starting with a 4-2 nonaccomplishment to Liverpool successful Nashville.

Sunderland were subsequently beaten 1-0 by Leeds United successful New Jersey, truthful they volition purpose to decorativeness the Summer Series connected a precocious this weekend.

When they instrumentality to Europe adjacent week, further games against Lens and Rennes await, earlier visiting Ipswich Town successful their Premier League opener connected August 22.

Meanwhile, Wrexham volition footwear disconnected with a mouthwatering Welsh derby against Cardiff City, which follows adjacent week's EFL Cup necktie versus Middlesbrough.

Last term, Phil Parkinson's broadside narrowly missed retired connected making the Championship playoffs, yet halting their singular ascent done the English shot pyramid.

With eyes firmly fixed connected taking the adjacent step, they person made a precise promising commencement to pre-season: aft an opening gully with Wisla Krakow, the Reds bushed Manchester United 1-0 acknowledgment to Sam Smith's first-half strike.

Smith besides struck the victor successful a melodramatic 3-2 triumph implicit Leeds United a fewer days later, earlier they lost 1-0 to Liverpool successful New York.

Now, Wrexham's little brand-building US circuit comes to a adjacent astatine Subaru Park successful Chester, Pennsylvania, wherever Parkinson volition conscionable 1 of his erstwhile clubs. 

Wrexham pre-season form:

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Sunderland pre-season form:

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Team News

Sunderland travelled to the States without nine skipper Granit Xhaka, Chemsdine Talbi, Omar Alderete and caller signing Thomas Meunier owed to their engagement successful the World Cup knockout phase.

Several others - specified arsenic Brian Brobbey, Nilson Angulo, Habib Diarra and Robin Roefs - person already joined the squad and should beryllium progressive connected Sunday.

Noah Sadiki and Simon Adingra besides appeared from the seat against Leeds, truthful they whitethorn present beryllium acceptable to start.

Meanwhile, Wrexham are acceptable to sanction a beardown archetypal XI, arsenic this volition beryllium their last warm-up crippled earlier visiting Middlesbrough successful the EFL Cup adjacent Friday.

Either Smith oregon Kieffer Moore could pb the Championship club's attack, with enactment provided by Bailey Cadamarteri and Nathan Broadhead; Ollie Rathbone and Davis Keillor-Dunn connection antithetic options.

Veteran goalkeeper Danny Ward whitethorn driblet down to the bench, with archetypal prime Arthur Okonkwo reclaiming the gloves.

Wrexham imaginable starting lineup:

Okonkwo; Vyner, Hyam, Doyle; Longman, O'Brien, M. James, Thomason; Cadamarteri, Broadhead; Smith

Sunderland imaginable starting lineup:

Roefs; Mukiele, Ballard, O'Nien, Reinildo; Sadiki, Diarra; Hume, Le Fee, Mundle; Brobbey

We say: Wrexham 1-2 Sunderland

With galore of their World Cup stars present reintegrated and returning to match-fitness, Sunderland tin decorativeness disconnected their Stateside travel with a triumph implicit Wrexham.

The ambitious Welsh nine are good organised and ever airs a threat, but the Europe-bound Black Cats boast immoderate top-level talent. 

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