Sunday’s Premier League action kicks off at the Stadium of Light where bottom of the table Sunderland host eighteenth place Cardiff City as the battle for survival continues for both sides.

The Black Cats have gave themselves a fighting chance of survival after surprisingly taking four points from games against Manchester City and Chelsea in the past ten days, and victory here could see them climb out of the relegation zone if other results go their way.

Right back Phil Bardsley is set to return after completing a two game suspension, though Ondrej Celustka and Craig Garden remain unavailable through injury and illness respectively.

After netting three times in his last two games, Connor Wickham is favourite to open the scoring at 8.0 (7/1) with Bet Victor, while last weekend’s match winner Fabio Borini is a 7.5 (13/2) shot with Paddy Power.

The home win is widely available at 1.95 (19/20), with Cardiff as highly priced as the 4.35 (57/17) on offer from 888 Sport. The draw is a 3.75 (11/4) chance with Bet 365.

The visitors have won just one of their last six league games to leave themselves in trouble, though they too could climb out of the bottom three with three points.

Craig Bellamy could feature after recovering from the virus that saw him miss last weekend’s draw with Stoke City, though Mark Hudson and Craig Noone remain side-lined with respective hamstring and abdominal problems.

Former Sunderland man Frazier Campbell is priced at 8.5 (15/2) to get the first goal of the game with a variety of firms, while Kenwyne Jones a 10.0 (9/1) chance with Paddy Power.

Gus Poyet’s men came from two goals down late on to rescue a point when the sides met in South Wales back in December – the day after Malky Mackay was relieved of his duties by Cardiff owner Vincent Tan.

With both sides desperate for the points, you may be tempted to back them to once again share the spoils here, and the 1-1 draw is favourite in the correct score market at 8.0 (7/1) with Bet Victor.