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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal, West Ham and Southampton are all in action at 3pm as a busy day of Premier League action continues with six matches taking place in the top flight, with Leicester vs Chelsea set to wrap up the day’s programme in the evening kick-off. Chelsea will remain top of the table regardless of the result at the King Power Stadium, though the chasing pack will hope to close the gap to the league leaders. Follow all the action here.
Today’s fixtures:
- Tottenham vs West Brom – 12:30
- Burnley vs Southampton – 15:00
- Hull vs Bournemouth – 15:00
- Sunderland vs Stoke – 15:00
- Swansea vs Arsenal – 15:00
- Watford vs Middlesbrough – 15:00
- West Ham vs Crystal Palace – 15:00
- Leicester vs Chelsea – 15:00
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It’s a big game for…
Peter Crouch. Since being restored to the Stoke starting line-up Peter Crouch has scored two goals, starting the last four games for the Potters. A brace in this game would move him into rarefied air. He would join the 100 Premier League goals clubs - only the 26th player to achieve that feat.
Best stat…
In their last 20 visits to the Stadium of Light, Stoke have only managed to score more than one goal on one occasion (2 vs Sunderland - March 2007).
Remember when…
Joe Allen notched his first ever Premier League brace against the Black Cats earlier in the season? The match included a stand-out performance from Marko Arnautovic en route to a 2-0 Stoke win.
Player to watch…
Jermain Defoe. Sunderland’s main hope for survival rest squarely on this man’s shoulders. Since signing for the Club in January of 2015, no other player has been more influential for the club in that time period, scoring 30 of Sunderland’s 80 goals.
Past three meetings…
Stoke 2 (Allen 2) Sunderland 0 Britannia Stadium, October 2016
Stoke 1 (Arnautovic) Sunderland 1 (Defoe) Britannia Stadium, April 2016
Sunderland 2 (Van Aanholt, Watmore) Stoke 0, Stadium of Light, November 2015
Form guide…
Sunderland: LWLLDD
Stoke: DDLLWL
Vital information…
Kick-off: 3pm
TV: Highlights on BBC1
Odds…
Sunderland to win 21/10
Stoke to win 29/20
Draw 23/10
(Odds provided by BetVictor)
40 mins: GOAL! SUNDERLAND 1 STOKE 3:
Is the comeback on at the Stadium of Light? A typical finish from Jermain Defoe, running on to a long ball over the Stoke defence before side-footing past Lee Grant, has brought the deficit down to two.
Where would they be without him?
Two places lower than they actually are.
SECOND HALF KICK-OFF: This afternoon's six Premier League matches are back underway and, as it stands, there are few home comforts. Four of the games are currently level - three of them goalless - and in the other two, the away teams find themselves in front. A lot can happen over the next 45 minutes, however.
Except at Turf Moor. I expect nothing will happen there.
50 mins: GOAL! HULL 2 BOURNEMOUTH 1:
A double for Abel Hernandez and Hull have turned it around at the KCOM! Receiving Robert Snodgrass's pass, the forward ran at Tyrone Mings before unleashing a super shot into the bottom corner of Artur Boruc's goal. If the Tigers can hold on and results elsewhere stay the same, it will take them above both Swansea City and Sunderland in the battle at the bottom.
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