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Sunderland vs Derby Prediction & Betting tips
Friday night, Sunderland and Derby County in the Stadium of Light will step down the new season of the Championship. Both teams have the intention of enforcing promotion to the Premier League this season. At Sunderland, it is hoped that last season’s degradation is an incident and that the next season is being replayed at the highest level. In Derby, the desire for the Premier League begins to grow bigger and bigger. Is it going to be one of the teams this year?
Sunderland :
The season 2016-2017 is for Sunderland to be described as a real disaster. The end of the season had yet to delight with the degradation of arch rivals Newcastle United. However, when the season started, it became apparent immediately that Sunderland missed all the fronts for the Premier League. Only in the 11th round, in November, the Black Cats won the first time. Six months later, Sunderland was hopelessly in the last place of the Premier League with a slight twenty-four points from thirty eight matches. The degradation was a fact. This time the blow was blown for Newcastle United fans. Their team became first in the championship and thus regained their return to the Premier League.
In addition to the degradation, Sunderland got even more trouble. Undisputed goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was sold to Everton for 28 million, and other big names like Jermain Defoe, Fabio Borini and Sebastian Larsson left the club this summer. For them, Aiden McGeady has joined the team. With McGeady and the other acquisitions, Sunderland began the season preparation. Successfully, this preparation was not at all possible. Bury FC (League One) and Bradford City (Championship) were won and matched to Hibernian FC (Premier League, Scotland’s Highest Division) and Scunthorpe United (League One). As a hit on the rocket, St. Johnstone and Celtic were lost (both teams active in the Premiership) with 3-0 and 5-0 respectively. So it is still questionable whether Simon Grayson, David Moyes’s successor, can properly play the team against Derby County. The results of the preparation bring a lot of doubts.
Derby :
For Derby County is the tenth season in a row in the Championship, and everybody in the club starts to miss the Premier League shortage. Last season was very volatile for The Rams. Some periods in the season, Derby was hardly defeated but these periods of euphoria were far too easily exchanged for periods with multiple defeats in a row until great frustration of the coaches (Pearson, McClaren and Rowett). This inconsistency has led to the ninth place. A place that did not give way to the playoffs at the end of the season.
This year, Derby hopes to reach the playoffs. Although Tom Hughes and Tom Ince’s grandmother are sold to Watford and Huddersfield Town respectively, Tom Huddlestone, Curtis Davies and Andre Wisdom have not really suffered a loss of quality. In addition to Derby, there are many more clubs that want to reach the Premier League this year and it is only a question of whether Derby will be successful in this year’s selection. The match against Sunderland will be a good measure for this season. Sunderland will not be seen as the future champion this season but will definitely belong to the team of teams who will at least get the play-offs. If Sunderland wins, Derby seems to be ready for a spectacular season in the Championship.
Sunderland vs Derby head to head matches
08.08.12 CF Derby Sunderland 1 : 1
01.03.08 PL Derby Sunderland 0 : 0
01.12.07 PL Sunderland Derby 1 : 0
24.02.07 CHA Sunderland Derby 2 : 1
09.09.06 CHA Derby Sunderland 1 : 2