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Sunderland game could be a banana skin for Leicester

Sunderland game could be a banana skin for Leicester

Premier League leaders Leicester could stretch their lead at the top of the table to ten points in Sunday’s early kick-off at Sunderland. However, the trip to the Stadium of Light could be a major banana skin for the Foxes.

The Black Cats are in the bottom three of the English top-flight and four points away from safety. However Sam Allardyce’s side could claim to have been unlucky in their last four games, which they have drawn.

The side from north east have not been awful this season, but they have struggled for goals and that has cost them at times.

Leicester’s title rivals will be looking and hoping for the Foxes to slip-up in the north east and the Blacks Cats have the potential to cause a shock.

The visitors games of late have been relatively close in terms of score-line, as their last four Premier League games have finished with 1-0 wins. The Foxes have been superb at the back in recent weeks, so the home side will perform better in attack than in recent weeks.

Leicester have the ability to grind out results and put in resilient displays. Those qualities will be needed against a team desperately fighting for their Premier League lives this season.

Claudio Ranieri’s team have surprised a lot of people this season with their performances. A win in the north east would not be a surprise, but it would move the Foxes another step closer to securing the most unbelievable Premier League title triumph ever.

Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Manchester City 73 32 22 7 3 44
2
Arsenal 71 32 22 5 5 49
3
Liverpool 71 32 21 8 3 41
4
Aston Villa 63 33 19 6 8 19
5
Tottenham 60 32 18 6 8 16
6
Newcastle United 50 32 15 5 12 17
7
Manchester United 50 32 15 5 12 -1
8
West Ham 48 33 13 9 11 -6
9
Chelsea 47 31 13 8 10 9
10
Brighton 44 32 11 11 10 2
11
Wolverhampton 43 32 12 7 13 -5
12
Fulham 42 33 12 6 15 -2
13
Bournemouth 42 32 11 9 12 -10
14
Crystal Palace 33 32 8 9 15 -17
15
Brentford 32 33 8 8 17 -11
16
Everton 27 32 9 8 15 -16
17
Nottingham Forest 26 33 7 9 17 -16
18
Luton Town 25 33 6 7 20 -24
19
Burnley 20 33 4 8 21 -35
20
Sheffield United 16 32 3 7 22 -54

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