Source: Team_Talk
Black Cats arrange Hoffenheim clash
Sunderland will complete their preparations for the new Premier League season with a trip to German Bundesliga side Hoffenheim.[LNB] Steve Bruce's men will play at the Rhein-Neckar Arena on Sunday August 8 (kick-off 3pm local time) less than a week before the new campaign starts.[LNB]Hoffenheim finished 11th in Germany's top flight last season and the game will be the seventh and final one the Black Cats will play in the run-up to the big kick-off.[LNB]They will begin their preparations in Ireland against a Munster XI on July 13 before playing Darlington at the Northern Echo Arena four days later.[LNB]Brighton, Hull and Benfica will be the Wearside club's opponents during a trip to Portugal at the end of the same month and they will travel to Leicester on July 31 before heading for Germany.
