Analysis:
The first of the Super Sunday games sees Fulham taking on Sunderland and the Cottagers will want to climb up the standings and break into the top ten with a win over The Black Cats.
After suffering only one defeat in their last eight outings Fulham have managed to climb into the top half and will now want to improve on that in today's game. Now they will want to make a push for a European place as their target now.
Their rivals seems to be lacking consistency so there looks to be no reason why they cannot make that final push for a place in the top six at least. Their players are also firing on all cylinders which includes their attacking talents and they will be fired up for this match for sure. The likes of Erik Nevland and Damien Duff have hit the back of the net of late while American forward Clint Dempsey has found the target five times in his last six Premier League games.
Sunderland on the other hand comes into the game after a poor showing at Wigan in their last match. The player to watch out here will be Kenwyne Jones who has scored in each of his previous games with Fulham and after a three match ban he will be eager to get on the scoresheets.
But the fact remains is that they have won only two of their last seven games but they have been against big teams like Liverpool and Arsenal. Their weakness is scoring on their travels as only Stoke having found the target fewer times away from home than Sunderland with five goals. Dickson Etuhu is also out as he is suffering with a knee injury. Diomansy Kamara is also sidelined with a similar problem and will not be back until Christmas.
As for Sunderland they have announced that Jones will start this match at Craven Cottage. Lee Cattermole is out as he continues to recover from a knee ligament injury while Craig Gordon is also out with a broken wrist. Ghanaian John Mensah is also out of the side with a recurrence of his calf problem and is out of Steve Bruce side.
Take Fulham to win here and give the 1/2 ball away.
Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser
