Bet on Chelsea - get a refund if they slip up
The Chelsea revival was halted over the weekend as Everton ended their three-match winning streak by holding them to a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park but the Blues will be hoping that the big-money additions of David Luiz and Fernando Torres will give their title bid the shot in the arm it clearly needs.
Tonight the champions come up against the club that kicked off their most miserable run since Roman Abramovich's 2003 takeover with an incredible 3-0 victory at Stamford Bridge in November, Sunderland, who are yet to taste defeat in the Premier League in 2011 in four outings.
But while the Black Cats have an impressive home record, losing once at the Stadium of Light in the Premier League all season, Chelsea have been victorious on their last five visits and showed the advantage of a psychological edge by winning 4-0 at Bolton last week, so they have to be fancied at [1.78].
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Sunderland have however only been beaten by a top-eight side once all campaign and have only suffered five reverses in total, so if you think they will force Chelsea to leave Wearside pointless for the first time since 2000, have a loss-proof bet on Steve Bruce's team instead at [5.6] or the draw at [3.8].
Torres isn't yet available so Didier Drogba remains Chelsea's most likely scorer at [2.28], while with Darren Bent sold to Aston Villa and Danny Welbeck injured, Sunderland are relying on record signing Asamoah Gyan for a goal at [4.2].
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Published: 1 Feb 2011
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