Charlton Athletic vs Sunderland LIVE
League One Play-Off Final 2018-19
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Date: Sunday, 26 May, 2019
Kick-off time: 3pm BST, today
Charlton will look to secure promotion back to the Championship after three seasons in the third tier of English football in the League One Play-Off Final against Sunderland today.
Addicks fans haven’t had much to celebrate in recent years, but they poured onto the pitch to do just that after their penalty shoot-out victory over Doncaster a week ago as Lee Bowyer led his side to Wembley in his first full season in charge at the Valley.
Behind the scenes, a group of potential buyers are thought to be interested in ending owner Roland Duchatelet's disastrous tenure in south London.
And the situation could accelerate after Charlton play Sunderland at Wembley this weekend.
Sunderland, meanwhile, are looking to secure promotion straight back to the Championship.
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TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports' Football and Main Event channels, and is available via Now TV with a day pass on offer for £8.99.
Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match online via SkyGo and the SkyGo app.
Charlton vs Sunderland team news and line-ups
Charlton XI: Phillips, Dijksteel, Bauer, Sarr, Purrington, Cullen, Bielik, Pratley, Aribo, Parker, Taylor
Subs: Maxwell, Solly, Pearce, Lapslie, Forster-Caskey, Reeves, Williams
Sunderland XI: McLaughlin, Flanagan, Ozturk, O'Nien, Oviedo, Cattermole, Leadbitter, Power, Maguire, Honeyman, Wyke
Subs: Stryjek, Dunne, Matthews, McGeady, Morgan, Gooch, Grigg
Score prediction: Charlton 1-2 Sunderland
The Black Cats to return to the Championship at the first time of asking.
Head to Head history and results (h2h)
These two sides have met 78 times over the years with not much between the two. Charlton just about shave it with 29 wins to Sunderland’s 28, with 21 draws.
Sunderland secured a 2-1 win at the Stadium of Light at the start of the season before leaving south London with a draw in January.
