Sunderland vs Blackburn EPL 2010 Betting Picks + Odds
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Premier League 2010 Gambling Predictions
Matchup: Sunderland v Blackburn
Date/Time: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:00 PM ET
Venue: Ewood Park in town of Blackburn, Lancashire UK.
Broadcast: ESPN2
Money Line: Sunderland (+260) Blackburn (+105), Draw (+225)
Spread: Blackburn – ½
Over/Under: 2 ½
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Rovers’ creative midfielder David Dunn is expected to take the pitch in some form for Blackburn as they kick off against a visiting Sunderland side that put together four straight draws, the last three coming against Liverpool and powerhouses Arsenal, and Manchester United.
Dunn, who has seen limited action in three matches since Aug 14, appears to have made a full recovery from a hamstring strain and will be a welcome addition to Blackburn side that have been somewhat erratic as of late, with a draw, a win and a defeat from their last four games. 
The Rovers failed to score for the first time in 11 Premier League games when they lost to Stoke last weekend, while Sunderland recorded a nil-nil draw for the first time in 18 games when they were held to a goalless stalemate by top table Manchester United.
Fortunately for Blackburn, their record at Ewood Park has been impressive, converting just over half of their home fixtures into victories over the recent years.
In the sides two meetings in 2009, Sunderland led twice, with both goals coming from striker Darren Bent, but Blackburn netted the equalizer both times, firstly by Morten Gamst Pedersen and then El Hadji Diouf. The Black Cats took three points from the first match winning 2-1 and then the two split the second meeting with a 2-2 draw at Lancashire.
Bent, Sunderland’s top scorer this season with five goals, is a major doubt for the trip to Ewood Park as he returned from England duty with a groin injury. Manager Steve Bruce is hoping he can recover over the next two days, but just in casethe scoring burden will fall on club’s record signing Ghana forward Asamoah Gyan.
Loan signing Danny Welbeck, who was ineligible for the game against parent club Manchester United, returns to the squad, while Kieran Richardson, Anton Ferdinand, and John Mensah have all made full recoveries from hamstring injuries as well as keeper Craig Gordon who is back in contention from a broken arm suffered in a July training accident.
Blackburn has its own share of fitness problems and will be without Keith Andrews who is out after having an operation on a groin injury, while Ryan Nelsen is a doubt with a thigh problem, and Vince Grella will miss due to a hamstring strain.
Matt’s Free Prediction: It is the first time since September 1994 that Sunderland have drawn four successive League games. If they draw again it will be the first time since October 1984 they have drawn five in succession. The club is yet to register an away win this season and only managed a mere two all of last season.
With Bent out, I look for the Rovers to pick up three-points at home, where they’ve lost just two of their previous 11 league matches.
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Matt Martz is a sportswriter for the Bakersfield Californian located in Central California. “ Football (soccer) is a game in which a handful of fit men run around for one and a half hours watched by millions of people who could really use the exercise.”
