Saturday twenty fifth October 2025Chelsea v Sunderland – Premier LeagueStadium of Mild Kick-Off: 15:00Tickets & Match Protection
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Radio: Full dwell match commentary out there through BBC Radio Newcastle (not on-line)
The build-up…
If we’d been supplied to enter our ninth league sport of the season sitting seventh within the desk, stage on factors with Spurs and in the present day’s opponents Chelsea, whereas boasting the second finest defensive file within the prime flight together with Manchester Metropolis – I feel we would have laughed that any person may even should ask if we’d take it or not.
We shouldn’t underestimate the beginning we’ve needed to this season. Regardless of the questions raised across the fixture record, will probably be attention-grabbing to see on the finish of the season who takes fourteen factors from the identical set of fixtures as we’ve had in these first eight video games.
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The large information for Sunderland in the course of the week was the affirmation that Omar Alderete is unavailable for in the present day’s fixture and shall be assessed forward of the house sport towards Everton every week on Monday. However, on the intense facet, Reinildo returns after suspension so the apparent change is that Reinildo replaces Alderete and Mukiele strikes again into the center, with Hume switching again to his extra orthodox proper facet.
There are doubtlessly larger query marks over what choices may be deployed in the course of the park, with Regis Le Bris citing our first half expertise at Outdated Trafford in his press convention in the course of the week. The teachings taken from the 20-30 minute spell the place we discovered ourselves beneath strain might result in us requiring to be a bit extra strong down the flanks – an space that Le Bris admitted in the course of the week that “wants growth”.
I’m going to accidently get carried away for a second – however with Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis enjoying tomorrow – we will go a degree forward of Pep’s Blues and two behind the league leaders if we handle to gather all three factors in the present day. I doubt that can occur, nevertheless it’s not unhealthy having the ability to say it’s potential.
We all the time suppose there’s by no means a boring day supporting Sunderland, however Chelsea look like a type of golf equipment the place there all the time appears to be one thing going off. Solely final month, the Blues had been charged by the Soccer Affiliation with 74 alleged rule breaches between 2009 and 2022 – but when it’s something just like the Man Metropolis case, we would not see an final result throughout the subsequent decade.
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When you listened to our dialog with The Athletic’s Chelsea reporter Simon Johnson in the course of the week, you’re going to get the impression that they’ve was extra of a cup facet during the last eight years. Though they’ve solely completed exterior of the highest 4 on three events in that point, they haven’t actually been severe common challengers for the title, however have picked up quite a few cup victories – together with the Champions League and World Membership Cup.
The brand new homeowners have spent extra at Chelsea than Roman Abramovich did throughout his time with the membership, nevertheless it’s attention-grabbing to notice to start with simply how a lot they’ve taken in not too long ago in transfers, but additionally that they boasted the youngest beginning XI within the Premier League final weekend and broke information with youngsters scoring towards Ajax in midweek.
It’s an attention-grabbing mannequin that’s doubtlessly shopping for Enzo Maresca extra time than if they’d simply spent these sums with out specializing in youth.
We journey to the capital with a file at Stamford Bridge that stinks. We performed 62 and misplaced 40, and conceded 140 within the course of – shedding 10 of the final 12. However once we do win there we do it in large methods. Our final win there in April 2014 throughout our nice escape being the proper instance. Final day trip was once we gave John Terry a ship off, let’s hope this afternoon is extra about us than Chelsea.
The bookies have the Lads at an enormous 7/1 to win the sport, whereas Chelsea are priced at 1/3, and the draw is 4/1.
Face to face… at Stamford Bridge…
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Final time we met… at Stamford BridgeSunday twenty first Might 2017Premier LeagueChelsea 5-1 Sunderland
[Willian 8’, Hazard 61’, Pedro 77’, Batshuayi 90’, 90’ – Manquillo 3’]
Sunderland: Pickford, Manquillo, Jones, O’Shea, Lescott, Oviedo, Cattermole (Gibson), Larsson, Rodwell, Januzaj (Gooch), Borini Substitutes not used: Mannone, Love, Embleton, Asoro, Maja
Chelsea: Courtois, Moses, Alonso, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Terry (Cahill), Willian, Kante, Costa (Batshuayi), Hazard (Pedro), Fabregas Substitutes not used: Begovic, Zouma, Matic, Chalobah
Attendance: 41,618
Croydon-born Gareth Corridor got here up by way of the ranks at Chelsea and remodeled 200 appearances for the membership till he had an preliminary mortgage transfer to Sunderland made everlasting in 1996. He would solely spend a few years on Wearside earlier than becoming a member of Colin Todd’s Swindon City in 1998. Corridor was additionally a Welsh worldwide ending up with 9 caps.
I’ve obtained a sense it’s going to be a type of days the place we put in a superb efficiency however don’t get the rewards we deserve.