Lee Cattermole insists Sunderland will have no excuses for failure in Tuesday's potentially crucial relegation six-pointer against "bogey team" Hull City.
Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Manchester United marked a fourth consecutive Barclays Premier League match without a win for Gus Poyet's side, who take on a Hull side who have proved troublesome opponents for Sunderland in recent times. The Wearsiders have lost their past four matches against the Yorkshire club, including a 3-1 defeat in the reverse fixture on Boxing Day.
In their favour Sunderland have been boosted by the news that their appeal against the red card awarded to Wes Brown at Old Trafford on Saturday has been successful – meaning the defender is now eilgible to play against Steve Bruce's side.
And midfielder Cattermole insists the Black Cats can recover from their defeat by the Red Devils and end their Hull hoodoo to increase the three-point gap separating themselves from the relegation zone.
"We'll put this [United defeat] to bed early and look to Tuesday - it's a tough game," he told Sunderland's official website. "We'll bounce back. We'll look to take positives with Tuesday coming so quick we have to recover well.
"I think Hull have been our bogey team, we always seem to play them after a big game. Twice after Newcastle, once after a cup final, now after Manchester United.
"It seems to come at the wrong time. There will be no excuses, we have to go there, be organised and look to pick some points up."
Hull are just one place and a point above Sunderland in 15th after a 1-0 defeat at Stoke City on Saturday ended a three-match unbeaten league sequence.
Before that Bruce's men had won back-to-back matches at the KC and centre-back Michael Dawson is seeking further home comfort against Poyet's men.
"Sunderland is massive," he said. "Both teams are fighting for survival and they come to the KC and we've got to pick ourselves up quick and go again.
"All we can do is concentrate on ourselves and hopefully continue our run of good form at home that we have been on in recent games, but Tuesday is a big one."
Bruce confirmed after the Stoke defeat that winger Robbie Brady could spend months on the sidelines with a calf injury, joining the likes of Mohamed Diame, Robert Snodgrass (both knee), James Chester (shoulder) and Liam Rosenior (hamstring) in the treatment room, although the Hull manager will hope Nikica Jelavic can shake off the knee complaint that forced him to miss the Stoke match.
Sunderland are set to be without Emanuele Giaccherini (ankle) for the rest of the campaign, while Billy Jones and Jack Rodwell (both knocks) are also likely to sit out again.
Match Facts
Steve Bruce has five wins in a row as a coach in this fixture, the first two as Sunderland manager and the last three in charge of Hull City.
After losing the first four Barclays Premier League matches against Sunderland, Hull have won the last three.
There have been six red cards in seven BPL matches between Hull City and Sunderland, with five coming in the last four meetings.
The Tigers have conceded 11 goals from outside the box this season, the most in the division, but only 11percent of the goals Hull have conceded have come from set pieces, the lowest proportion in the top flight.
Hull City (from): Harper, Jakupovic, McGregor, Bruce, Davies, Dawson, Dudgeon, Figueroa, Lenihan, McShane, Robertson, Elmohamady, Huddlestone, Livermore, Meyler, Quinn, Ramirez, Aluko, Hernandez, Jelavic, N'Doye, Sagbo.
Sunderland (from): Mannone, Pantilimon, Coates, O'Shea, Brown, Reveillere, Van Aanholt, Vergini, Alvarez, Bridcutt, Buckley, Cattermole, Gomez, Johnson, Larsson, Defoe, Fletcher, Graham, Wickham.
Match Appointments
Referee: Mike Dean
Assistants: S Burt, D Cann
Fourth Official: D Bond
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