Sunderland say Le Bris has their backing despite poor start
Sport · First reported 2 Nov, 12:01 · Updated 12:22
Sunderland are standing by manager Regis Le Bris after a run of poor league results. The club believes the situation can be turned around and is prepared to support him in January if needed.
- Sunderland say Le Bris remains central to their plans, despite losing four of their last five Premier League games and falling to the bottom of the table.
- The club believes senior players still support Le Bris and is prepared to back him in January if required.
- Sunderland’s next fixtures include home games against Dinamo Zagreb and Chelsea before the international break.
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- Manager
- Regis Le Bris
- Recent league form
- Four defeats in Sunderland’s last five Premier League games, according to The i Paper
- League position
- Bottom of the table
- Expected points
- Sunderland are 11th in Opta’s expected-points table
- Upcoming home games
- Dinamo Zagreb and Chelsea, before the international break
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- Coventry beat Sunderland, leaving Sunderland at the bottom of the table, according to an earlier Lux summary. [cfa21e54-2030-4c51-9f16-3e0ee5059e65]
- An earlier Lux story reported that a 14-year-old handed himself in after a social-media video from Coventry’s match against Sunderland appeared to show a fan using a photo of Bradley Lowery to taunt Sunderland. [007bdf6d-87ed-416d-9924-93810ecc0914]
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