Sunderland - Liverpool

Sunderland takes Liverpool in the first match of the 21st round of the Premier League on Saturday (01.10.2015 year) from 15:30 at the "Stadium of Light". The odds for the game offered by the bookmaker Bet365 are as follows: 4.00 for a home win, 3.50 for a draw and 1.95 for the victory of the guests. Judge of the meeting will be Craig Payson. In the first game between the two teams this season, at "Anfield" was without goals and the game finished with boring zero draw.

Sunderland lost his visit to the champions Manchester City in the last round. Black cats were close to the point at "Etihad", but a goal of Frank Lampard brought an important victory for the citizens with 3:2. Gustavo Poje`s team is in the 14th place in the standings with 20 points collected. Black cats are record holders in draws - 11 in the campaign. Before hosting of Liverpool, Gustavo Poje has some problems with the composition. Midfielder Jack Rodwell misses the match, while Antoine Riviere, Vito Mannone and Ricky Alvarez are questionable due to injuries. Lee Cattermole also experienced problems and will be replaced by Liam Bridcutt in midfield. Defender Patrick Van Aanholt returned after injury in the cup match against Leeds and even scored the winning goal, but in the match against Liverpool will stand on the bench.

Liverpool made a surprising alignment against Leicester in the last round of the Premier League. The Reds led with 2:0 in their stadium after two goals from Steven Gerrard, but failed to secure the lead and the game ended with a draw of 2:2. Despite the bad result by best soccer advice against Leicester, Liverpool is in good form lately. The main topic in recent days about the team is the end of the stay of Steven Gerrard at Anfield. Captain officially announced that he will not renew his contract and will continue his career in LA Galaxy. Brendan Rodgers has serious problems with his staff before this visit to the black cats. Because of injuries match missing a key players like Daniel Sturridge, Glen Johnson, Joe Allen and Adam Lallana. Dejan Lovren has recovered from injury, but will remain on the bench. Javier Manquillo is questionable and likely to remain outside of the starting eleven. Mario Balotelli and Lazar Markovic will compete for a place in the attack of the reds where certain holders are Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho.

The first match between the two teams this season ended scoreless. Expectations are that now the hits will be less. Sunderland played very defensively at home and now also resort to protective actions in an attempt to trick Liverpool counterattack. In this regard, our prediction for this first match is under 2.5 goals at odds of 1.85 at bet365.

Prediction Sunderland - Liverpool: under 2.5 goals
Security: 7/10
Odds: 1.85 at bet365