Sunderland v West Ham: Can the Hammers do a north east double?
West Ham triumphed on their last visit to the north east, beating Newcastle United 1-0. Can they make it a double by beating Sunderland this afternoon?
Big Sam will be sure of a warm reception at the Stadium of Light following his time as Newcastle manager, as will former Mags captain Kevin Nolan, but that will only spur both sides on and hopefully this will be an action-packed game.
After winning three out of four Sunderland have slipped back into their old ways, going down at home to Spurs and at Liverpool. Losing to those two is not a tragedy though, but losing can become a habit and O'Neill needs to snap them out of it quick sharp.
Sunderland were denied their first league win of the season by West Ham in the dying minutes at Upton Park, thanks to Kevin Nolan. That result stung the Black Cats and they will be eager to put the Hammers to bed early on, but the visitors - with only two wins to their name in the past 10 outings - are dangerous going forward.
West Ham's last league win at the Stadium of Light came courtesy of a single goal by Valon Behrami. While everyone would love to see a glut of goals to keep them warm in the Arctic blast, both sides would settle for a 1-0 win.
Sunderland v West Ham; Kick Off 3pm January 11 2013
Prediction Panel
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Arsenal |
Josh Ben Moshe |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Aston Villa |
Frank Pattison |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Chelsea |
Apoorva Ankur |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Everton |
Chris Goodwin |
0 |
V |
1 |
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Fulham |
Neil Springate |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Liverpool |
Dave Disciascio |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Man City |
Callum Rothwell |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Man United |
Alex Richert |
TBA |
V |
TBA |
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Newcastle |
Greg Hall |
0 |
V |
3 |
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Norwich |
Sue Read |
1 |
V |
2 |
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QPR |
John Jaycock |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Reading |
Jon Keen |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Southampton |
Andy Saunders |
0 |
V |
2 |
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Stoke City |
Peter Holland |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Sunderland |
Tony Ratton |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Swansea |
Jim Barry |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Spurs |
Adam Crawford |
1 |
V |
3 |
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West Brom |
Andy Wakeman |
1 |
V |
3 |
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West Ham |
Matt Beeby |
0 |
V |
2 |
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Wigan |
Jimmy Shine |
1 |
V |
1 |
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OUR EXPERTS |
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Writer |
Colin Illingworth |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Writer |
Steve Coulter |
0 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Hugh Larkin |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Writer |
Mitch Waddon |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Chris Pettitt |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Writer |
Sarshar Hosseinnia |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Blackburn fan |
Terry Kennedy |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Bolton fan |
David Blackburn |
0 |
V |
0 |
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Boro fan |
Sue Gardener |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Pompey fan |
Dan Taylor |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Pompey fan |
Peter Rendle |
1 |
V |
1 |
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West Ham fan |
Nigel Telfer |
0 |
V |
1 |
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Wolves fan |
Chris Cox |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Editor |
Antony Melvin |
2 |
V |
1 |
Panel Verdict
Away win.
Home: 6; Draw: 11; Away: 16. TBA 1.
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