Toffees can keep up their trend of Wearside wins
IT'S always hard to know what to make of head-to-head results but if it helps to cement a bet I like then it always gives me extra confidence knowing my team has got the indian sign over a rival.
Everton are certainly a bogey team for Sunderland when it comes to matches at the Stadium of Light. The Toffees have lost on only one of their last ten visits to Wearside, with two wins in their last three and both of those statistics can be improved on Sunday.
Roberto Martinez's side won 1-0 at Sunderland in April and I know you will struggle to believe this but the winner came from the most unlikely of sources: a Wes Brown own goal!
Everton's improvement has sneaked under the radar - they've conceded only once in their last five matches - and without wishing to put things too simply Everton have got forwards who can score goals, while Sunderland have not got forwards who score goals.
Sunderland have got Wes Brown in defence, while Everton have not got Wes Brown in defence. Away win.
It's an incredibly busy Sunday, so much so I make it 27 matches live on British television with the action starting at 6am as Perth Glory travel to Central Coast Mariners and it all finishes with the MLS playoffs as LA Galaxy host Real Salt Lake.
Forgive me if I pass on those two and I may also skip Goa v Mumbai City unless anyone can give me the nod on a lively first goalscorer outsider and my second bet comes away from the TV cameras on a packed FA Cup coupon.
Gosport Borough are going quite nicely in the Conference South and they could land a giantkilling at tasty odds at home to Colchester.
The League One side have gone out at the first hurdle in each of the last two years and one of those losses came away to Chelmsford, also of the Conference South.