Manchester United vs Sunderland Preview

February 27, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

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Saturday afternoon’s match at Old Trafford sees fourth place Manchester United face a Sunderland side who sit just three points above the bottom three.

The hosts’ seven game unbeaten run came to an end in last weekend’s game at Swansea City, though they remain in the Champions League qualification places, a point above Southampton and one behind Arsenal.

They have lost just twice at home under manager Louis van Gaal, with both Swansea and Southampton leaving the Theatre of Dreams with all three points this season.

Robin van Persie has been ruled out of the match with an ankle injury, though fellow forward James Wilson and midfielder Michael Carrick should recover in time to be considered for selection.

Captain Wayne Rooney is 5.5 (9/2) to open the scoring with Paddy Power, with Radamel Falcao available at the same price with Bet 365.

United are widely available at 1.4 (2/5) for the win, with the visitors as highly priced as the 11.0 (10/1) with William Hill. The draw can be backed at 5.5 (9/2) with Betfred.

The Black Cats have won just one of their last nine league games, a run that has seen them slip to sixteenth place.

They shared the spoils with West Bromwich Albion last time out – their thirteenth draw of the campaign, a divisional high, and manager Gus Poyet will be hoping for more than a point here after masterminding a 1-0 victory in last season’s corresponding fixture back in May.

Emanuele Giaccherini, Jack Rodwell and Billy Jones are all set to miss the game though the latter pair should be available for Tuesday’s trip to Hull City.

Jermaine Defoe is priced at 12.0 (11/1) to get the first goal of the game with Paddy Power, ahead of Steven Fletcher, who is a 15.0 (14/1) chance with Bet 365.

The sides played out a 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light back in August, the eighth time in ten clashes that has seen fewer than three goals scored in the game, so you may be tempted to about that outcome here at 2.05 (21/20) with Bet Victor.

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