Fans of both teams are being interviewed on Sky Sports with a mixed bag of views – some are confident, some are tentative.

Let’s see what my pre-match postbag is saying:

Jeremy writes:

Smug Leeds fan here, re-living the 24 play-offs we had to go through and still lost. Seems to me this is a foregone conclusion. The Black Cats are coming into it with lead boots, heads full of “what might haves” and nervous eyes over their shoulders, whereas Frank’s boys are on a roll, they have momentum and the eye of the tiger gleaming, their prey in clear view. Can Coventry spring a surprise, and then another one and become the new Luton? It’s a funny old game, football …

And Allen says:

I really love the difference between Le Bris and Lampard – it is so fascinating. One had a modest playing career before working his way through the coaching ranks at Lorient, while the other is a much-decorated former England international who has had management experience at Derby, Chelsea and Everton. I am, of course, a Sky Blue for life so hoping the bigger name gets the job done today.