


{"id":11453,"date":"2017-03-31T15:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T15:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/2017\/03\/31\/picking-the-best-potential-sunderland-lineup-to-face-watford-on-saturday\/"},"modified":"2017-03-31T15:04:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T15:04:34","slug":"picking-the-best-potential-sunderland-lineup-to-face-watford-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/?p=11453","title":{"rendered":"Picking the Best Potential Sunderland Lineup to Face Watford on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" readability=\"49.5\">\n<div class=\"introduction\" readability=\"13\">\n<p>?If Sunderland are going to pull off yet another great escape, they will need to pick up\u00a0a\u00a0win against Watford this Saturday at Vicarage Road.<\/p>\n<p>David Moyes&#8217; men have lost three of their last\u00a0four Premier League matches and look destined for relegation, but a win this weekend could potentially change everything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-area-lineup field-area-lineup--goal-keeper\" readability=\"7\">\n<h2>Goalkeeper<\/h2>\n<div class=\"field-players\">\n<ul class=\"field-players__list\">\n<li class=\"field-player\">\n<div class=\"field-player__image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"field-player__image\" src=\"http:\/\/media2.ftbpro.com\/players\/9472\/profile_image\/player_1471601964.png\" alt=\"Pickford\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"field-player__name\">Pickford<\/span><span class=\"field-player__number\">13<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>?Jordan Pickford will be between the sticks for Sunderland this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-area-lineup field-area-lineup--defense\" readability=\"18\">\n<h2>Defence<\/h2>\n<div class=\"field-players\">\n<ul class=\"field-players__list\">\n<li class=\"field-player\">\n<div class=\"field-player__image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"field-player__image\" src=\"http:\/\/media2.ftbpro.com\/players\/3450\/profile_image\/player_1471601516.png\" alt=\"Jones\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"field-player__name\">Jones<\/span><span class=\"field-player__number\">2<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"field-player\">\n<div class=\"field-player__image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"field-player__image\" src=\"http:\/\/media2.ftbpro.com\/players\/11701\/profile_image\/player_1473339198.png\" alt=\"Denayer\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"field-player__name\">Denayer<\/span><span class=\"field-player__number\">4<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"field-player\">\n<div class=\"field-player__image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"field-player__image\" src=\"http:\/\/media2.ftbpro.com\/players\/3411\/profile_image\/player_1471601921.png\" alt=\"O\u00b4Shea\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"field-player__name\">O\u00b4Shea<\/span><span class=\"field-player__number\">16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"field-player\">\n<div class=\"field-player__image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"field-player__image\" src=\"http:\/\/media2.ftbpro.com\/players\/3217\/profile_image\/player_1471595759.png\" alt=\"Oviedo\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"field-player__name\">Oviedo<\/span><span class=\"field-player__number\">24<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Incredibly, despite being bottom of the table, Sunderland don&#8217;t have the worst defensive record in the league this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, they need to be more difficult to beat and before the international break, they kept their first clean sheet since the end of January.<\/p>\n<p>Skipper John O&#8217;Shea picked up a knock on international duty but he should be fit enough to feature this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-area-lineup field-area-lineup--midfield\" readability=\"11\">\n<h2>Midfield<\/h2>\n<p>Sunderland have suffered a host of injuries throughout the season and it&#8217;s the midfield that appears to have suffered the most.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats are without midfield general Lee Cattermole and winger Steven Pienaar so Moyes is likely to go with the same midfield trio that started against Burnley two weeks ago.?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-area-lineup field-area-lineup--forward\" readability=\"15\">\n<h2>Forwards<\/h2>\n<p>Despite enjoying another\u00a0fantastic se?ason with Sunderland, Jermain Defoe is currently going through a dry spell in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Both Defoe and Sunderland have failed to score in their past four\u00a0Premier League matches which has resulted in four consecutive games without a win.<\/p>\n<p>Defoe scored for England last week and the Sunderland fans will be hoping their main man can find the net again this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.90min.com\/posts\/4797823-picking-the-best-potential-sunderland-lineup-to-face-watford-on-saturday?utm_source=RSS\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] ?If Sunderland are going to pull off yet another great escape, they will need to pick up\u00a0a\u00a0win against Watford this Saturday at Vicarage Road. David Moyes&#8217; men have lost three of their last\u00a0four Premier League matches and look destined for relegation, but a win this weekend could potentially change everything. 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