Sunderland fixtures: Black Cats travel to Ipswich but must wait for Newcastle

Sunderland travel to Ipswich Town on the opening weekend of the Premier League season and must wait until December for their first derby match against Newcastle United.

The Black Cats, who qualified for the Europa League after a seventh-place finish in the last campaign, will head to Portman Road on Saturday August 22, while they face Fulham in their opening home match on Saturday August 29, and then visit Brentford on Saturday September 5.