Manchester Utd v Sunderland
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Feeling the pressure at Old Trafford will not be a new feeling for David Moyes when his Sunderland side travels there on Boxing Day. The Black Cats edged out Watford at the Stadium of Light last weekend, but they will be facing an altogether stiffer task here. Last time out the Red Devils cruised to a 0-2 win at West Brom, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic picking up his 10th goal in his last nine matches across all competition – he will surely fancy himself to score against a leaky Sunderland defence.
Sunderland have lost in 10 of their last 11 away games against top-six sides, and David Moyes will be under no illusions as to the size of the task in front of him. Man United have now won four on the trot and are unbeaten in 10 across all competition, and they could not ask for a better team against whom to extend that run than the league’s second-lowest scoring team. Since 2000, the only team to win on Boxing Day when coming into the fixture with 14 points or fewer was Everton in 2013 – 16 of the 24 teams playing from that position since 2000 have lost their 26th or 27th of December fixture. Man United are undefeated in their last seven at home against bottom-six sides, and with Zlatan in fine form, they will look to put the visitors to the sword.
Man United should take the win here, but each of their last six and five of Sunderland’s last seven away games have featured under 2.5 goals. Back Man United and under 2.5.
