This match is of great significance to the thriller that the English Premier League title race has become. The last week saw one of the title contenders, Manchester City, slipping up irreversibly. First, they lost against Liverpool on Sunday.

There is a football equivalent of the old saying that a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. It goes something like this: points in hand are always better than matches in hand.

Everton will look forward to pocket three of the easiest away points of the season when they play against Sunderland on this weekend

Tottenham have a good chance to begin the final lap of the EPL with a morale-boosting win. They are playing the relegation-bound Sunderland in a late fixture on this Monday. Liverpool thrashed them 4-0 in last week’s encounter at Anfield.

Sunderland’s midweek performance against Liverpool should have surprised even their own supporters. Somehow, the relegation-bound team managed to rattle Liverpool towards the end of the match.

Liverpool are overwhelmingly the strong favourite to win this match. The team has not lost an Premier LEague match in 2014, having won nine and drawn two matches. They appear brashly confident and in prolific form. Their tally of 24 goals in the last

Having lost 2-0 to Bayern Munich, Arsenal's dream in the UEFA Champions League is almost shattered. Tomorrow however, when they come face to face with Sunderland in the Premier League, they will be looking to recover from the midweek lose to Bayern

After a surprising defeat in the FA Cup against Swansea, Manchester United are looking to not to repeat similar in the League Cup. Their opponent this Tuesday is Sunderland.

Second from the bottom faces the second from the top – Sunderland welcomes Chelsea in this Wednesday’s game.