Sunderland travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this afternoon while aiming to maintain their incredible push for a Champions League spot.Régis Le Bris has led the Black Cats to seventh place,

Preview the matchup between Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland AFC with predictions, odds, over/under, betting lines and more.

Tottenham Hotspur have emerged as surprise contenders to sign Carlos Baleba from Brighton, according to reports from the Daily Briefing. Thomas Frank's side are hoping to add genuine quality to their side in order to start challenging for European football once again after a disappointing couple of years.

Tottenham and Sunderland are experiencing contrasting campaigns but the two clubs are only separated by three points in the Premier League table. BBC Sport examines some key talking points ahead of Sunday's game (15:00 GMT).

Elias Burke and Jack Pitt-Brooke analyse the main talking points from Tottenham's underwhelming draw at Brentford

Tottenham Turn to Analytics as Christos Tzolis Emerges as Surprise PriorityTottenham Hotspur’s recruitment strategy under Thomas Frank continues to lean heavily on data driven decision making, and

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Walker, Vertonghen, Wanyama, Alderweireld, Dier (Davies), Sissoko, Dembele (Lamela), Kane (Janssen), Alli, Son Substitutes not used: Vorm, Trippier, Winks, Eriksen

The departure of Levy is the closest thing to a Year Zero moment that Tottenham will ever have. No other staffing change — even the return of Fabio Paratici as Sporting Director, and potential departure to Fiorentina three months later — comes close to it for significance.