Black Cats arrange Hoffenheim clash

Sunderland will complete their preparations for the new Premier League season with a trip to German Bundesliga side Hoffenheim. 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.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.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.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.

Source: Team_Talk