The dawn of every new season is supposed to bring a sense of renewed hope for Premier League clubs.For Sunderland and manager David Moyes, the hope was to get out of the gates a bit faster than in previous seasons, thereby not having to scrape for points to avoid relegation at the business end of the campaign. But so far this term, its been the same old song and dance for the Wearside club.Moyes boys enter Saturdays clash with Crystal Palace at the Stadium of Light still aiming for their first win.The Black Cats (0-1-4) have struggled on both ends of the pitch, conceding four goals in their last two games and held off the sheet in both encounters, including a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur last week.The northeast club started brightly against Spurs, but were done in by a 59th-minute strike from Harry Kane. Despite another league setback, Sunderland managed to earn their first win in another competition -- 2-1 over Championship side Queens Park Rangers in EFL Cup action on Wednesday.Sunderland fell behind thanks to an excellent strike from Sandro, but responded in kind with a brace from Paddy McNair to send the visitors into the fourth round against Southampton at St. Marys Stadium.Moyes was pleased with his teams effort Wednesday.We played some good stuff and Im just glad we got through as its always a tough game coming here, the Sunderland boss said. I thought we did some good things, especially in the second half, and I didnt think we deserved to go a goal down when we did.We just lacked the experienced forward players tonight who maybe could have finished the game off earlier, but some of our play was quite good. Im pleased for Paddy McNair because its been a slow burner for him.Palace (2-1-2) enter the clash in excellent league form, unbeaten in their last three matches to jump up to eighth. The high-water mark of the season was last weeks impressive 4-1 thrashing of Stoke City. Defenders James Tomkins and Scott Dann found the back of the net within 11 minutes, while James McClean and Andros Townsend finished off the rout.But the Eagles didnt fare quite as well in midweek EFL Cup action, falling to Southampton 2-0.There wasnt really a huge amount of difference between the sides in this game, it was a frustrating one for us, Palaces Joel Ward said. I dont think we went with as much purpose and intensity in our game as we have done recently and it was one of those nights where you put it to the back of your mind and look to put it right at the weekend.Dann was forced to leave the match due to injury after just 19 minutes and his status for the weekend is still unclear. 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