Chelsea have won 18 and lost just two of their last 21 Barclays Premier League games against Sunderland.
Jose Mourinho's second spell in charge of Chelsea yielded a 60% Premier League win rate, compared to 71% during his first spell.
Chelsea have lost as many Premier League games this season (9) as in 2013-14 (6) and 2014-15 (3) combined.
The Blues have lost four of their last seven Premier League home games - prior to this run, Chelsea had lost just one of their 99 PL home games under Jose Mourinho.
The only team to defeat Chelsea in their opening 99 Premier League home games under Jose Mourinho were Sunderland; 2-1 in April 2014.
In four of the last five Premier League games between Sunderland and Chelsea, the team who scored first ended up losing the match while the other ended 0-0.
Sunderland (10) have picked up more points than Chelsea (7) in the Premier League since the start of October.
Diego Costa has scored just three goals in 13 Premier League appearances this season - in his first 13 PL apps of 2014-15 he had netted 12 goals.
Loic Remy has scored three goals in four Premier League appearances against the Black Cats.
Sunderland have allowed their opponents a league-high 99 shots on target in the Premier League this season.
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