Chelsea vs Sunderland Preview and Line Up Prediction: Chelsea to Win 1-0 at 9/2

Chelsea and Sunderland will play their seventeenth game of the Premier League season at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, 19th December.

Match Preview:

The teams last played in May this year and Chelsea won the game 3 – 1. Before that they played in November 2014 and the game ended in a goalless draw.

Chelsea is currently sixteenth in the Premier League with 15 points having won 4 games, drawn 3 and lost 9. They are one point below Bournemouth and Newcastle United.

Sunderland is nineteenth in the league with 12 points having won 3 games, drawn 3 and lost 10. They are two points below Swansea City and Norwich City.

Match Prediction:

A 1 – 0 win for Chelsea is the most likely result with William Hill and Bet365 offering odds of 5/1 and 9/2 respectively.

Betting Odds:

William Hill Odds: 3/10 Chelsea to Win, 9/2 for a Draw and 17/2 Sunderland to Win

Bet365 Odds: 1/4 Chelsea to Win, 17/4 for a Draw and 12/1 Sunderland to Win