Tottenham - Sunderland

This Saturday at the "White Hart Line", Tottenham takes Sunderland in a match of the 22nd round of the English Premier League. The odds for the game offered by the bookmaker Bet365 are as follows: 1.57 for a home win, with a draw at 4.20 and 6.50 for the victory of the guests. The last meeting between the two teams this season ended without a winner at the "Stadium of Light" - 2:2. Tottenham takes the 6th place in the standings with a total of 34 points, while Sunderland is on the 16th place with 20 points collected and very close to the relegation zone.

Tottenham made a very strange start of the New Year. The team faced with Burnley in the FA Cup and had to play a rematch to continue in the race. After their strong defeat over Chelsea in the first match of the year (5:3), everybody expected that Tottenham would not have any problems with team like Burnley. Unfortunately, their first match for the cup ended with a surprising draw (1:1). Anyway, on the rematch Tottenham were stronger in front of their audience and took the victory with 4:2 in a classical game. In the last round of the Premier League, the team recorded an unexpected defeat from Crystal Palace with 2:1. Spurs remains much stronger in home when we look at their performance this season. Before this household, Mauricio Pachettino will not be able to rely on Nabil Bantleb, because he is with his national team in the African Cup of Nations. With injures in the camp are Erik Lamela and Ryan Mason. Questionable for the game are Vlad Chiriches and Federico Fazio.

Sunderland is in very bad shape this season. They have only 3 victories from 21 matches played in Premier League (11 draws and 7 defeats). We seen much better performance of the team in the FA Cup, where they defeated Leeds with 0:1 and continue in the next phase. Sunderland suffered from two bad defeats in Premier League in the begging of the year. First lost was from Manchester City with 3:2 as a guest and than from Liverpool at home with 0:1. Before the visit to "Stadium of Light", Poyet can`t rely on the suspended Liam Bridcutt, who serving a one-match ban for the red card received against Liverpool. He will return to contention in the FA Cup against Wolves or Fulham. With injures in the camp of Sunderland are Jack Rodwell, Anthony Reveillere and Lee Cattermole.

Tottenham is the absolute favorite in this match, but the team have a secret power to make surprising draws. The shape of Sunderland is disappointing and it looks like the team have no chances, but we believe that they have strength to earn one point here.

Prediction Tottenham - Sunderland: Draw
Security: 5/10
Odds: 4.20 at bet365