Brentford have made an unbeaten start to the new season, picking up four points in the Premier League, as well as safe passage into the next round of the League Cup.
The Bees secured a comfortable 3-0 victory in their opening home game of the campaign against Tottenham, and will be confident of picking up another three points at the Gtech on Saturday against Sunderland.
The Black Cats secured European football last season but opened the 2026/27 campaign with a surprise defeat away at newly promoted Ipswich Town. Sunderland followed up that disappointment with their first league win of the season at home against Fulham, but if their opponents had had their shooting boots on, it could have been a different result altogether.
Brentford claimed a 3-0 home win when these two sides last locked horns back in January, and having won their opening home game of the new season in style, we're backing the Bees to secure all three points this weekend.
Igor Thiago was tremendous in front of goal last season, scoring three times in his two appearances against Sunderland, and finishing second in the Premier League goalscoring chart behind Erling Haaland.
The Brazilian international striker is yet to open his account for the 2026/27 campaign, but we're backing the former Club Brugge frontman to find the back of the net against a Sunderland side he really enjoyed playing against last season.
Brentford 2-0 Sunderland
