Stoke City have been lucky with their early performances in the season, and were lucky not to lose to Birmingham City last time out, while Sunderland have shown glimpses of being in the team in the top half of the league. Sunderland with Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones have been hugely impressive early on in this season, both scoring 2 goals each so far, and in addition Jones had an impressive performance in mid-week in the Carling Cup dishing out 2 assists, showing us that hes not just a scorer but one for team play as well. Stoke City have been struggling to get the goals up front, with only goals coming against Burnley in the first week of fixtures. Even though Sunderland are away from home in this fixture, they have been able to get an away victory against Bolton in the first week as well as one in the Carling Cup. Steve Bruce has really shaped out this squad, and they should be able to get all 3 points in this game, but for safety we take the Draw No Bet.