Welcome to our live text commentary of Sunderland's Premier League match against West Ham at the Stadium of Light.

Sessegnon is looking very dangerous early on, and he darts down the left flank at pace before cutting the ball back for Vaughan, who drives a low shot wide from the edge of the West Ham box!

The first half is under way at the Stadium of Light, with both sides in their traditional home kits. The hosts dictate the early play.

Joe Cole makes his first Premier League appearance for West Ham since May 2003, when they were relegated. What an occasion for him, as the players emerge from the tunnel.

Sunderland have lost their last two Premier League matches and are once again back in the relegation dogfight, with Martin O'Neill desperate for a result this afternoon. The bookies price this one - Sunderland (11/8), West Ham United (23/10), Draw (23/10).

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For the hosts, John O'Shea and Stephane Sessegnon both return after missing last week's FA Cup match, while new signing Alfred N'Diaye is confined to the substitutes' bench.

West Ham make two changes from their their FA Cup match last weekend, with Winston Reid and Matt Jarvis replacing James Tomkins and Ricardo Vaz Te. On-loan Marouane Chamakh is on the bench, along with the returning Mohamed Diame.

The teams are in - Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, O'Shea, Bramble, Colback, Larsson, Vaughan, McClean, Johnson, Sessegnon, Fletcher. Subs: Westwood, Bardsley, Kilgallon, N'Diaye, McFadden, Campbell, Wickham. /// West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Reid, Potts, Diarra, Collison, Nolan, Jarvis, J.Cole, C.Cole. Subs: Spiegel, Tomkins, O'Neil, Diame, Taylor, Vaz Te, Chamakh

Big Sam arrives at the Stadium of Light, returning to Sunderland, who he represented in 1980/81, with his West Ham side 11th in the table, four points above the Black Cats, who are in 14th.