We’re going to Wolves to win – Matthews

ADAM Matthews insists Sunderland will pay no attention to the league table and go to Wolves this weekend expecting to win.

Wanderers currently top the Championship table thanks to a strong start to the campaign, having invested around £20m on their squad in the summer.

You get what you pay for and Sunderland are joint-bottom after spending less than £2m in the same window.

The home side are overwhelming favourites for the clash at Molineux, two bookies offering odds as wide as 9/1 for a Sunderland win.

Yet Matthews insists the Black Cats players go expecting to win.

He said: “We are going there expecting to get the three points.

“In the position we are in most people will think it is an easy game for Wolves - but we know the character we have in the changing room and going off the Burton performance and some of the Reading performance we are confident we can get a result.

“They are playing quite well at the minute.

“It will be a tough game but we have to forget the Reading display and result very quickly and look forward to Saturday.”

New boss Chris Coleman had provided Sunderland with a lift after masterminding last weekend’s victory over Burton Albion.

However, hopes of a revival were quickly dashed when Reading won 3-1 at the Stadium of Light.

Matthews insists the players will not let it affect their confidence as they look to build on the improvements Coleman had already made prior to the game – and even in the Reading match before winger Callum McManaman’s dismissal.

He continued: “I don’t think anyone in the club got too carried away with the result last week

“We are still not in the position we want to be in.

“We were hoping to build on last week’s result but it has not happened. Like the manager said in the changing room, we have to get over it quickly.

“We feel we have a good squad here so I am sure we can cope with injuries when they come along.

“We want our luck to turn but it is not about luck.

“We need to turn it ourselves, it is not going to do it on its own.

“We have to get this result out of our head and focus on Saturday.”