Sunderland
vs
Liverpool FC

Premier League England - Sunderland - Liverpool FC 2009-10-17

The Premier League meets it 9th matchday. Despite the defeat of Liverpool´s against Chelsea, Benitez team still leads the score boards and remains the Premier League´s favorite. This was a typically tough encounter with Chelsea, as tense and testy as those Champions League semi-finals.
On the other hand, Sunderland performed quite nicely by pulling a tie (2-2) against Manchester United, the second Premier League leader.
Liverpool take on Sunderland as they look to bounce back from defeat at the weekend. Sunderland and Liverpool will both be desperate to win but both for completely different reasons. If Coach Rafa Benitez repeats the line-up he presented against Chelses, the team will be formed by Johnson, Carragherr, Skrtel e Insúa on the back, Mascherano and Lucas in the midfield, Kuyt, Gerrard and Riera a bit forward to assist Torres, who will seek to hammer Sunderland´s goal.
Steve Bruce´s Sunderland is making a much better performance in the field despite being 2 points away from Liverpool. Jones and Bent will do anything to net a few goals and get closer to the championship´s trophy. The other nine will be the usual: Bardsley, Turner, Ferdinand and Richardson defending the goal; Cattermole and Malbranque next to Cana and Reid in the midfield.
Sunderland has played 4 English Premier League matches this season on Stadium of Light. On home ground Sunderland has won 3, drawn 0 and lost 1 matches. This ranks the Black Cats 7th in home team performance in the English Premier League. Liverpool has played 4 English Premier League matches this season away from home. On away ground Liverpool has won 2, drawn 0 and lost 2 and lost the Reds 5th matches. This ranks English Premier League.
The boys from Anfield Road have just one injury concern this week and that involves Agger, while Sunderland will be missing Richardson and Wallace. The points are vital to both sides in this match but it will really be an upset if the Sunderland can pull off the win.
The English Premier League football match between Sunderland (8th) and Liverpool (6th) kicks off on Stadium of Light at 16:00 CET 17 October 2009. This will be a match with many rivalries: Bruce Vs Rafa Benitez; Jones and Bent Vs Torres and Gerrard Vs Insúa among others. This will be a great opportunity for fans to witness a great match between these two teams who desperately seek to win the three points.