Who: Chelsea FC vs. Sunderland FCWhat: English Leading League Matchweek 32Where: Stamford Bridge, London, England, UKWhen: Sunday, April 7, 2013Weather:AThe Weather ChannelTime: 15:00 GMT/10:00 a.m. ET/7:00 a.m. PTTelevision: Fox Basketball Plus, FOX Baseball 2Go (Us )Worldwide Live Streams and TELEVISION Channels:ALiveSoccerTV.comRadio: SiriusXMA( SiriusXM channel 94) Web channel 94, TalkSport Radio (US), BBC Radio 5 Live (UK )Referee: Neil Swarbrick 3-Way Odds: Chelsea -400, Sunderland +850, Draw +350Total: Over 2A -140, Under 2A +120Decimal Odds: Chelsea 1.25, Sunderland 9.50, Draw 4.50Decimal Total: Over 2A 1.67, Under 2A 2.20Fractional Odds: Chelsea 1/4, Sunderland 17/2, Draw 7/2Fractional Total: Over 2A 67/100, Under 2A 6/5Source: Bovada (Kahnawake, Canada) Chelsea will be looking for nothing significantly less than a win and three things in this house installation against Sunderland on Sunday who'll be happy simply to earn a pull and a point since it lives dangerously near the edge of Relegation Street going in to the last months of the period. The 16th-place Black Cats (7-10-14) enter this weekend's action only one stage in front of both 17th-place Wigan Athletic and 18th-place Aston Villa (31-30-30) and the dreadedArelegation zone in the English Premier League. Sunderland sacked manager Martin O'Neill and introduced Paolo Di Canio to see if the 44-year-old Italian can save yourself your day at the Stadium of Light whilst the Black Cats will appear to accomplish everything possible to attempt to stay up with a brand new manager and a wounded list. The club's leading scorer in the Premier League, Steven Fletcher (11 objectives) is one of those Sunderland people out for season for the season as are Wes Brown and Lee Cattermole while David Vaughn (crotch) and Carlos CuAllar (ankle) are both also likely to miss Sunday's battle with the protecting FA Cup winners. The Blacks Cats will appear to goalkeeper Simon Mignolet (9 clean sheets) and midfielder Adam Johnson (4 goals, team-leading 5 assists) for authority but Sunderland is somewhat anemic on offense with the fourth-least quantity of goals in the very best flight (33) and only one playerAwith a lot more than two assists in group play (Johnson). Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet looks on helplessly as Chelsea's Dernando Torres scores for the Blues in December at the Stadium of Light.Paul Thomas/Getty Images Although fourth-place Chelsea (16-7-7) is likely to be playing its fourth match in eight days, the European champions are pretty strong and should really be more than healthier enough to deal with the task accessible against Sunderland that has lost its last three away from the Stadium of Light. When those two met at the Stadium of Light in December, Chelsea rolled to a 3-1 win as Fernando Torres scored twice for the Blues. Torresa'who now leads the club in score in all games with 19 goalsa'will probably begin this match against Sunderland on the bench as Chelsea's other striker Demba Ba is cup-tied in the Europa League and will certainly get the necessitate the Blues in this one. The Blues do possess some damage woes of these own headed in with defenders Ashley Cole and Gary Cahill both out at least two more months and midfielder Oriol Romeu out for the year therefore assume CAsar Azpilicueta, Branislav IvanoviA, John Terry, Ryan Bertrand, David Luiz and also Paulo Ferreira to be worked heavily within the next week. After going with Yossi Benayoun and Victor Moses in his starting XI in Thursday's first-leg, 3-1 make an impression on Rubin Kazan in West London, assume Chelsea temporary manager Rafael BenAtez to start out the Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar "Mazacar" point in the advanced midfield with John Obi Mikel and sometimes Ramires or Frank Lampard in the main midfield. Chelsea vice captian understands Eden Hazard, Juan Mata and Cesar Azpilicueta have already been very good when all on the pitch together for the Blues this season.Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images This game will be the Blues third straight in the home and Chelsea moved 4-1-1 (12-6 targets) overs its last six in most tournaments since it fights for a top-four finish in the Premier League, a Europa League championship and a of its FA Cup get last year. Chelsea enters the weekend only two points behind third-place Tottenham-Hotspur in the standings (57-55) and two ahead of fifth-place Arsenal (53), nevertheless the Blues can still have a game in give Spurs (31-32) following this weekend due to a game at Fulham (April 17) due to FA Cup contribution. Between that game and this one against Sunderland, Chelsea has times in Moscow and across Londontown since it represents Rubin Kazan on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-finals (Fox Soccer Channel, 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT) and then dancing with protecting EPL winners Manchester City at London's Wembley Stadium in the FA Cup semi-finals in a week on Sunday, April 14. But first things first here and that will come will a comfortable and rested Blues team getting a way to have the three items in a game title it has to in a location it should and against an adversary it must beat. Chelsea has completely centered this series of late, going 9-0-1 over their last 10 against the Black Cats and has won 15 of the last 16 meetings, outscoring Sunderland by a strong 44-13 in the act. The Blues must look for a way to get this one and with goalkeeper Petr Aech continuing to lead the way and creating at least one unique save per game recently, it seems it's just about business as usual over at Stamford Bridge no matter what the newest statements shout. PREDICTION: Chelsea 2 Sunderland 1 BETS: None >Follow me on Twitter: @KevinStott11
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