Premier League: Sunderland vs Leicester City preview

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April 8th, 2016
Back Premier League: Sunderland vs Leicester City preview

There is much at stake for both sides on Sunday when leaders Leicester City travel to relegation candidates Sunderland. Leicester know that a win would put them into an even stronger position to capture the Premier League title, but Sunderland also know that a defeat could sink them even deeper into the relegation zone. These two teams have met 81 times before: Leicester have won 31 matches, Sunderland captured 29 wins while 21 games finished level. This season Leicester defeated Sunderland 4-2.

Last season both Sunderland and Leicester were battling relegation at this stage of the season, now only the Black Cats have remained in their familiar position. They are 18th in the Premier league table at the moment, just two points above Newcastle in 19th place and four points away from safety. They have won just 6 matches out of 31 so far, and lost 16. However, they are unbeaten in their last four league matches. There are no fresh injury concerns for manager Sam Allardyce, only Duncan Watmore remains out of contention.

Leicester are coming into this match on the back of four consecutive wins, another one would put them in an almost unbeatable position for the Premier League title. Last weekend they defeated Southampton by a very familiar score line: 1-0, the same as in the three previous wins. They have lost just three matches all season, won 20 and scored 55 goals in the process. Matty James is still injured but the rest of the squad is fully available for head coach Claudio Ranieri.

Probable line-ups:

Sunderland: Mannone - Yedlin, Kone, Kaboul, Van Aanholt - Khaziri, M'Vila, Kirchhoff, Cattermole, Borini - Defoe

Leicester: Schmeichel - Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs - Mahrez, Drinkwater, Kante, Albrighton - Vardy, Okazaki

My prediction: 0-0 draw.

Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:

Sunderland win - 3.50 Draw - 3.40 Leicester win - 2.25

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