Sunderland v Newcastle

Sunderland could not do much about Man City as they lost 3-0 to the Premier League Champions , manager Martin O`Neill agreed and said after the match ..."Man City deserved to win the game".




Newcastle suffered a home defeat against Man Utd , the 3-0 loss was their first home defeat in the league this season , manager Alan Pardew will hope his side can bounce back with a good result against Sunderland .

I don't think Sunderland have a good record in the North East derby against Newcastle in the last few years but going to go for a draw.

Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle

This match has got draw written all over it, based on form.
I would guess that it will be a very exciting draw.

Sunderland 2 Newcastle 1 A close encounter of the third kind

Line ups

Sunderland:
Mignolet, Gardner, Rose, O'Shea, Cuellar, Colback, Larsson, Johnson, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher...

subs: Bardsley, Campbell, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Meyler, Saha, Westwood

Newcastle:
Krul, Simpson, Santon, Coloccini, Tiote, Cabaye, Gutierrez, Ben Arfa, Sh Ameobi, Ba...

subs: Anita, Cisse, Perch, Obertan, Taylor, Ferguson, Harper.

Danny Rose starts for the Black Cats despite the tough week he had in Serbia.

Alan Pardew has decided to go with Ba and Ameobi upfront who has a good scoring record against Sunderland.

Going for a 2-2 draw in this one, but could easily be 3-3.

Sunderland have a good forward line and midfield, but I don't think their defence is upto much. Newcastle have the much better team here.

HT

Sunderland 0-1 Newcastle

Cabaye put the Toon 1-0 up after just 3 minutes but then
Tiote suffered a moment of madness and kicked Fletcher and was sent off.

Result

Sunday 21st October

Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle
0-1 Cabaye 3’
1-1 Ba 85’ (o.g.)

The North East derby finished 1-1 at the end when Ba headed into his own net on 85 minutes.

Any comments?