Sunderland vs Manchester United Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Sunderland sank further into the depths of relegation trouble on Tuesday when they lost 2-0 away to the resurgent Leicester in the midweek round of Premier League fixtures. This follows on from their 1-0 loss to Watford at the weekend to make it six games without a win in the Premier League, with five of them ending in defeat.

Unsurprisingly this leaves them in terrible shape in the relegation battle. Whilst the majority of their relegation rivals are rallying in an attempt to clinch another season in the Premier League The Black Cats are sinking, and they currently remain bottom of the table with a ten point gap between them and safety.

Their form only gets marginally better at the Stadium of Light too, with them winless in six games and three of those ending in defeat. They haven’t scored in four home games on the bounce either, so Sunday is going to be very difficult for them.

Manchester United managed to salvage a draw at home against Everton in midweek, but in all honesty they deserved to lose that game and a draw doesn’t do them much good in their pursuit of a top four finish anyway.

This followed a goalless draw at home to West Brom last weekend, leaving them four points adrift of 4th placed Manchester City. They do have a game in hand, but at the moment they aren’t looking like a team capable of making use of that game in hand. Surprisingly they are actually better away from home than at Old Trafford. They are unbeaten in eight Premier League away games and have won six of them.

Sunderland’s low scoring ways have resulted in five of their last eight home games having fewer than three goals scored. Manchester United have only seen three goals or more scored in three of their last seven away from home as well, and they certainly aren’t looking like a fluid attacking team yet.

This, combined with Sunderland’s almost complete lack of attacking form at the moment, makes odds of 43/40 for Under 2.5 Goals look the best option here, so I’m backing that alongside a 2-0 win for Manchester United at 11/2 for my correct score predictions.