Originally posted on 03/04/2011:

Most people expect Arsenal to win this game in order to catch up to MNU in the title race, but...

I DONT THINK SO.

Arsenal recently lost 1-2 to Birmingham in the final of the Carling Cup but brought back some confidence with a 5-0 thrashing of Leyton on Wednesday... Wenger has stressed his complete commitment to this game AND NOT the Barca game they have to play next week, but...

I dont care what he thinks... Sunderland are coming off a 4-GAME LOSING STREAK and they are not as bad as that form implies... the first game of the H2H finished 1-1 with some fluke goals and I like tomorrow's game to finish similarly....

I cant trust Arsenal to overcome their CUP loss from last weekend so fast and also take note of some injuries they sustained during that game - particularly important that both Van Persie and Fabregas are out for tomorrow's game...

YES, Fabregas is out and because I feel that he is the MAIN player for that team, I think they wont perform well without him...

I will take the DRAW because I cant see an Arsenal win NOR a Sunderland win...

my prediction - FT: 2-2

my picks: DRAW @ 4.2 [0.5x] & Sunderland +1 @ 2.1 [0.5x]