Sunderland vs Chelsea: Confirmed Lineups and Preview

Nov 29

Lineups from 1630

Sunderland: Pantilimon, Vergini, O’Shea (c), Brown, Reveillere, Larsson, Cattermole, Rodwell, Johnson, Fletcher, Wickham.

Subs: Mannone, Bridcutt, Gomez, Altidore, Alvarez, Coates, Buckley.

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Matic, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Diego Costa

Subs: Cech, Zouma, Filipe Luis, Mikel, Schurrle, Remy, Drogba

Sunderland v Chelsea

The season may not have even reached the “festive period” but in the spirit of Christmas some bookies have already paid out on Chelsea winning the League title.

This is their first fixture out of 8 in 34 days. A punishing fixture list.

Chelsea are settled and consistent and they showed mid-week in Europe that they are some outfit.

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last ten visits to Sunderland. They have won nine of them.

The last time Sunderland beat them in a home fixture was a 1-0 win back in October 2000.

Having said that. The last team to beat Chelsea was Sunderland last season.

Away win.

The Guys from COPA90 have just released this cracking video!! Check it out and let us know what you think

At @Copa90 we’ve been getting increasingly excited about the rise of football in the US. From the influx of world class players into the MLS, to exciting grass roots movements and the unbelievable numbers of people taking to the streets to support the USMNT during the world cup, we really believe that soccer has taken off in America.

We recently made our way to Seattle to check out the Sounders and their fans. What we found is one of the most exciting, passionate supporters’ groups in the world, and a real community that is working together to build something great.

It might just surprise a few people in Europe how big it’s getting.

Seattle Sounders have a fan base of a size and intensity to match any in the world. Eli Mengem went to meet the Emerald City Supporters, Gorilla FC and others to explore what is one of the most exciting supporter movements anywhere on earth