Sunderland stand-in skipper Kieran Richardson is hopeful that former club West Brom will beat the drop.

He said: "It's hard down at the bottom, but they have done it before and I am sure they can get out of it again.

"If you have done it once, you can do it again.

"They are not a bad side. They play their football and I am sure their manager will do his best to try to get them out of there."