Sunderland went to Chelsea yesterday in hope of not repeating their 7-2 loss last season and the slim chance of gaining a point from the match. Chelsea started brightly but Sunderland looked to take control of the game close to half time. Nedum Onuoha danced through the Chelsea defence to guide home a scruffy shot that made the half time team talk more interesting for both managers. Sunderland came out for the 2nd half in confident mood and soon made it 2-0, Asamoah Gyan sliding the ball past Petr Cech with 52 minutes played. As the game went on it soon became clear that Chelsea weren’t getting back into the game, and to compound their worries Sunderland made it 3-0 when a poor pass from Ashley Cole let in Danny Welbeck to ensure that all 3 points went to Wearside.

Well it’s that time in the football calendar when the poor attempt at a football team Manchester City play their cup final at home to Manchester United. United lying only 2 points from top position in the league will be looking to win to continue the title charge while City know a win will put them level on points with United.

The stakes are high and with both teams missing some key players, more so United it is down to the players that get picked to get the crucial points.

City team: Hart, Richards, Toure, Kompany, Bridge, De Jong, Toure, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Silva

United team: van der Sar, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Park, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Berbatov

Prediction: City 1-2 United

United travel to Bursa in Turkey this evening to play Bursaspor in the Champions League. The result at Old Trafford was 1-0 to United thanks to Nani’s early goal. Bursaspor will be much more attacking on their own ground and Ferguson may opt for a 4-5-1 formation to contain the threat from the Turks. The line up for United could look something like this:

Van der Sar

Brown  Smalling  Vidic  Evra

Nani  Fletcher  Carrick  Scholes  Park

Berbatov

Bench: Kuszczak, Rafael, O’Shea, Eikrem, Obertan, Bebe, Hernandez

Our prediction will be 1-0 to Manchester United in what would be a crucial 3 points for them.