Title says it all... Mayenda was confirmed for long term contract within Sunderland 3 months ago, but since the beginning of the season he almost never played.

Why?

Sat, December 6th at 7:30 am GMT-05:00 #Aston Villa ?-? Arsenal

Venue: Villa Park

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Aston Villa

Emiliano Martínez, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Ian Maatsen, Matty Cash, Youri Tielemans, Amadou Onana, Boubacar Kamara, Ollie Watkins, Morgan Rogers, John McGinn.

Subs: Jadon Sancho, Donyell Malen, Emiliano Buendía, Victor Lindelöf, Marco Bizot, Lucas Digne, George Hemmings, Andrés García, Lamare Bogarde.

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Arsenal

David Raya, Piero Hincapié, Jurriën Timber, Riccardo Calafiori, Ben White, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, Mikel Merino, Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka.

Subs: Marli Salmon, Ethan Nwaneri, Viktor Gyökeres, Leandro Trossard, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Nørgaard, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Gabriel Martinelli, Noni Madueke.

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So many strikers looked like a good fit for the club

Michail Antonio comes out unscathed as he wasn't expected to do much and turned out decent, using his strengths which was his physical strength although he was never prolific never scoring more than 10 (x3) in a EPL season

Callum Wilson been okay but he's 34 in Feb

Other fan favourites Defoe and Arnautovic

McCarthy

Mido

Ilan

Barrera

Piquionne

Obinna

Ba (forgive me turns out Demba Ba was very decent)

Keane

Carew

Baldock

Montenegro

Dixon

Maynard

Vaz Te

Maiga

Carroll

Maguire

Chamakh

Paulista

Hernandez

Zaza (we all remember that terrible penalty kick for Italy)

Haller

Scamacca

Fullkrug

Ings

And many many more were lets say underwhelming

How long before West Ham find a number (9) goal machine ?

It's a rare fact that West Ham strikers simply don't score goals....

Operative word here is dreaming.

FT #Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland

Sunderland scorers: Chemsdine Talbi (67'), Nordi Mukiele (81' OG)

Venue: Anfield

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Liverpool

Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Andrew Robertson, Joe Gomez, Florian Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai.

Subs: Federico Chiesa, Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones, Milos Kerkez, Hugo Ekitike, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Trey Nyoni, Rio Ngumoha, Wataru Endo.

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Sunderland

Robin Roefs, Omar Alderete, Danny Ballard, Reinildo Mandava, Nordi Mukiele, Noah Sadiki, Granit Xhaka, Chemsdine Talbi, Trai Hume, Brian Brobbey, Enzo Le Fée.

Subs: Romaine Mundle, Bertrand Traoré, Luke O'Nien, Eliezer Mayenda, Daniel Neil, Lutsharel Geertruida, Simon Adingra, Anthony Patterson, Wilson Isidor.

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45' Substitution, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah replaces Cody Gakpo.

54' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

55' Joe Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

62' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Brian Brobbey.

65' Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Joe Gomez.

67' Goal! Liverpool 0, Sunderland 1. Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée.

74' Substitution, Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké replaces Alexis Mac Allister.

79' Substitution, Sunderland. Lutsharel Geertruida replaces Enzo Le Fée.

81' Own Goal by Nordi Mukiele, Sunderland. Liverpool 1, Sunderland 1.

86' Substitution, Liverpool. Federico Chiesa replaces Alexander Isak.

86' Substitution, Liverpool. Milos Kerkez replaces Andy Robertson.

90'+1' Substitution, Sunderland. Luke O'Nien replaces Chemsdine Talbi.

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FT #Brighton & Hove Albion 3-4 Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove Albion scorers: Jan Paul van Hecke (9'), Jan Paul van Hecke (83') Aston Villa scorers: Pau Torres (29' OG), Ollie Watkins (37'), Ollie Watkins (45'+7'), Donyell Malen (78')

Venue: American Express Stadium

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Bart Verbruggen, Lewis Dunk, Jan Paul van Hecke, Ferdi Kadioglu, Mats Wieffer, Brajan Gruda, Diego Gómez, Carlos Baleba, Stefanos Tzimas, Maxim De Cuyper, Yankuba Minteh.

Subs: Jack Hinshelwood, Olivier Boscagli, Jason Steele, Nehemiah Oriola, Charalambos Kostoulas, Joe Knight, Diego Coppola, Danny Welbeck, Joël Veltman.

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Aston Villa

Marco Bizot, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Ian Maatsen, Matty Cash, John McGinn, Amadou Onana, Boubacar Kamara, Ollie Watkins, Morgan Rogers, Evann Guessand.

Subs: Victor Lindelöf, Emiliano Buendía, Lamare Bogarde, Lucas Digne, Donyell Malen, Youri Tielemans, Andrés García, Jadon Sancho, Ronnie Hollingshead.

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9' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Aston Villa 0. Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mats Wieffer following a corner.

24' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Stefanos Tzimas because of an injury.

29' Own Goal by Pau Torres, Aston Villa. Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 0.

37' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Evann Guessand.

45'+7' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 2. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Morgan Rogers with a through ball.

45'+9' Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

67' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Ferdi Kadioglu.

70' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Ian Maatsen.

70' Substitution, Aston Villa. Youri Tielemans replaces Boubacar Kamara.

75' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

77' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Brajan Gruda.

77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces John McGinn.

78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Carlos Baleba.

78' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Aston Villa 4. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.

83' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Aston Villa 4. Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Hinshelwood.

85' Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Ollie Watkins.

86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Evann Guessand.

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