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Sunderland are safe now so they can relax & look to entertain their home fans while Burnley desperately need to win & are always positive so this should be a cracking game.
Sunderland have been absolutely rock solid at home with only 2 defeats from 17 & that statistic alone makes them hard to oppose in this one & Steve Bruce will certainly want Sunderland to finish strong.

Sunderland’s Premier League status is guaranteed for another year so Steve Bruce will be delighted by that but at the same time he is greatly disappointed by the way Sunderland’s season tailed off & he is demanding a winning finish to the season to go into next season with real positive momentum.

The home fans at Sunderland will expect their team to win this match & the Sunderland players will know they have to perform so we are expecting them to be really up for this one & look to maintain their excellent home form with a big performance.

Burnley produced the shock of the weekend last week to win 4-1 away at Hull City & that win kept their slim hopes of survival alive & they now have the confidence to give themselves a chance.

Clearly though, going to Hull City & winning is a totally different task than going to Sunderland and winning with Brian Laws knowing that Burnley face a really tough challenge to get anything at Sunderland but they will at least have a real go & see what happens.

This should be a fascinating game & one that should provide goals as both Sunderland & Burnley go for the win so anything is possible but we can’t justify opposing Sunderland given their excellent home record & Sunderland do look a decent bet to get another home win here with Darren Bent to lead the way again.

Betting Recommendations:

Outright Match Result: Sunderland to win

Correct Score options: Sunderland to win 2-1/3-1

First Goalscorer each way/Player to score anytime: Bent/Malbranque/Jones

Scorecast options: Bent/Malbranque/Jones score 1st & Sunderland win 2-1/3-1

Double Result: Sunderland H/T & F/T