Sunderland host Watford this weekend as the Black Cats look to claim a valuable three points before a tough run of fixtures. The Black Cats take on Watford for their first clash in just over 10 years, with Sunderland running out 4-2 winners on that day thanks to a Marcus Stewart hat trick. The Hornets will be no easy customer for Sam Allardyce’s side this time round, with the newly-promoted team exceeding expectations so far this season, finding themselves in 10th spot after a very good start to the campaign.
Kick-off – Saturday 12th December @ 1500
Venue – The Stadium of Light
Last Season –N/A
Referee – Graham Scott
Potential Sunderland Squad – Pantilimon, Mannone, Matthews, Jones, Brown, O’Shea, Kaboul, Yedlin, Coates, Van Aanholt, Cattermole, Lens, Gomez, Toivonen, Rodwell, M’Vila, Johnson, Borini, Graham, Watmore, Fletcher, Defoe.
Injuries: Cattermole (Hamstring), Larsson (Hamstring).
Potential Watford Squad: Gomes, Arlauskis, Guedioura, Ake, Cathcart, Nyom, Britos, Jurado, Paredes, Oularé, Ibarbo, Dyer, Watson, Capoue, Diamanti, Abdi, Deeney, Holebas, Belkalem, Anya, Ighalo, Berghuis.
Injuries: Behrami (Knee), Prödl (Calf), Ekstrand (Knee), Hoban (Knee), Gilmartin (Knee).
Read Sunderland’s Prediction:
This will be a very tough game, with Sam Allardyce calling it a ‘six pointer’. I hope that the Black Cats can come away with all three points and if they can contain danger men Ighalo and Deeney then they will give themselves a very good chance of doing so.
Sunderland 2-0 Watford
