Jordan Pickford of Everton celebrates his team's first goal scored by Iliman Ndiaye (not pictured) during the Premier League match between Everton

Follow live coverage as Sunderland face Everton today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Liverpool look to fend off competition from Arsenal, Manchester City and more.

Everton and Tottenham Hotspur meet at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday in a Premier League fixture that carries plenty of intrigue, and with both sides eager to set the tone for the weeks ahead. The visitors boast the strongest away record in the Premier League so far,

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Everton centre back Jarrad Branthwaite will undergo surgery on Tuesday following a complication during his recovery from a hamstring injury, the Premier League club said. The England international, who made 65 league appearances in the previous two seasons, has been sidelined since August.

Among those training included former Sunderland AFC star Jordan Pickford, who later made an emotional return to the Stadium of Light for the first time since joining Everton in 2017. He was joined by Jack Grealish, manager David Moyes, Leighton Baines and the rest of the squad who later posed for photos with Hebburn Town FC staff.

Sky Sports will show highlights on their social media and YouTube channels, as well as on their dedicated app. Sunderland have had a brilliant start to the campaign, boasting a record of five wins, two draws and two defeats from their nine matches to collect 17 points, which has left them in fourth.