Jobe Bellingham’s stunning first goal of the season helps high-flying Sunderland to a comfortable win against Derby County.

Follow live coverage as Sunderland face Derby County in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Derby County face one of their toughest assignments of the season when they face Sunderland at the Stadium of Light this evening. Regis Le Bris' side have made an excellent start to the campaign and currently sit second in the table behind leaders West Brom at the Championship summit.

Derby County's next away fixture is scheduled for the 19th of October against Millwall, at the time of writing Derby hold a one point lead over Millwall so it will be interesting to see if The Rams can end the away losing streak against Neil Harris and his men.

Following back-to-back wins over Bristol City and strugglers Cardiff City either side of the September international break, Derby County have been brought firmly back down to the ground with three consecutive losses in the Championship, reminding them that avoiding a bottom-three finish is set to be very difficult task this season.