Sunderland: Regis Le Bris wants to tap into Stadium of Light energy

Sunderland play a Leeds team, fifth in the table, and widely considered promotion favourites before a ball was kicked in what will be a fascinating early test of the credentials of the Black Cats’ young squad.

Le Bris is wary to set any targets, but he is quietly confident in the group of players at his disposal.

“This team is young, it has good behaviour, the players want to learn from positive and negative experiences,” he added.

“The potential is here but we have strong opponents.

“What we can improve is our behaviour, our way of improving our game, our strengths and our weaknesses.

“But then the scenario of the league is unpredictable. We can’t say that we’ll be in this position at the end of the league but if we are involved like we are at the moment, I’m very confident about the way we can play.”