The position of Sunderland is oprecarious in as much as the point and place is concerned. They are a point and a place above the relegation zone and five places below of Bolton Wanderers. However the Black Cats can overhaul their opponents if they win Roy Keane's 100th match in charge.
If we trace history we find that Bolton have won three Barclays Premier League away fixtures while Sunderland have only won two at home. Only bottom club West Bromwich Albion have lost more matches than these two
teams.
Sunderland team news
“Goalkeeper Craig Gordon will not be fit despite his return to
training. The £9m signing has missed the last seven matches
with a cracked ankle bone and is close to a return but, like
defender George McCartney (foot), this fixture will come too
soon. Pascal Chimbonda, El-Hadji Diouf and Daryl Murphy, who played for the reserves in midweek, will all be in contention as the Black Cats attempt to end a run of three successive home Defeats”.( Official site)
Squads
Sunderland: Fulop, Colgan, Bardsley, Chimbonda, Ferdinand,
Nosworthy, Collins, Malbranque, Whitehead, Tainio, Leadbitter, Edwards, Miller, Yorke, Richardson, Reid, Henderson, Colback, Diouf, Cisse, Jones, Murphy, Healy.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, A O'Brien, Samuel,
Nolan, Riga, McCann, Muamba, Gardner, Taylor, Davies,
Elmander, Al Habsi, Shittu, Smolarek, Basham, Cohen, Fojut.
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