Bournemouth v Sunderland team news: David Moyes gets defensive boost with return of Jason Denayer on bench for Cherries game

DAVID MOYES' torrid time could get better with the return of Jason Denayer.

The Manchester City loanee has been named as a sub for today's clash at Bournemouth.

Under-fire Black Cats boss Moyes copped a one-match touchline ban yesterday which will see him sit in the stands at Dean Court.

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But Denayer's return may stop the flood of goals should he be deemed fit enough to return to the side.

The former Man United boss has been handed another boost after Seb Larsson, Vito Mannone and Fabio Borini were pencilled in for early comebacks.

Larsson has stunned doctors by returning to full training sessions after originally being told he would not be ready till February.

Mannone and Borini look likely to return next month.

Eddie Howe makes two changes from the side that lost at Middlesbrough, Dan Gosling in for Andrew Surman and Junior Stanislas for Callum Wilson.

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• Bournemouth have won just one of their eight meetings with Sunderland in all competitions (D3 L4), though that victory came in this fixture last season (2-0 at the Vitality Stadium).
• Before losing last time out at Bournemouth, Sunderland had won each of their three away games there in all competitions (all by a 1-0 scoreline).
• The Cherries are unbeaten in their two Premier League meetings with Sunderland; both of which came in 2015/16 (W1 D1).
• Despite losing just once in eight meetings with Bournemouth in all competitions, Sunderland have scored more than one goal in a game on just a single occasion (3-2 in October 1989).
• All three of Bournemouth's Premier League goals against Sunderland have come inside the first 15 minutes of the game.
• Sunderland have used the most players in the Premier League this season (26), while Bournemouth have used the fewest (19).
• 12 of the 19 players to have made an appearance in the Premier League for Bournemouth this season are English (63%) - a higher proportion than any other side.
• Jermain Defoe has scored 20 Premier League goals for Sunderland since the start of last season - 14 more than any other player for the club in this period.
• Sunderland are without a win in their opening 10 Premier League games of 2016-17. The Premier League record for games without a win from the start of a season is 16, set by QPR in 2012-13.
• The Black Cats have equalled the worst points tally after 10 games of a Premier League season - two points, level with Man City in 1995-96. Man City also lost their 11th game that season and were relegated at the end of the campaign.
• Sunderland have only spent 42 minutes in the lead this season in the Premier League; a league-low.