Following 2 straight victories over the holiday season:4-1 Thursday's victory at Wigan Athletic moving us up to fourth place in the Championship standings, Sunderland now want to build on that success when they meet Blackopol in Lancashire.Hosts Blackpool enters the new year with 12 points and 19 positions behind the visitor in the Championship table after each team had played 25 games. The hosts, who already earned a point from a scoreless draw at the Stadium of Light earlier in the same month, will attempt to help their chances of staying in the league by chasing their first victory since October 29. It will be ultimately hard for Pool to get what they want. Sunderland achieved what Blackpool did the year before, which was to win a Wembley Play-Off final and return to English football's second division. Visitors are 4th placed side in Championship and they are aiming to make a step forward and get closed to the top positions which would make their dream true, promotion. Sunderland looked really good in their last two matches and the streak should be stretched to 3 wins if they put the same energy in this contest. Following their contributions from the bench as Wigan substitutes, Patrick Roberts and Ross Stewart are expected to make their way back into the Sunderland starting lineup. Odds are simply great for my taste in such circumstances. Championship may be the hardest, most equal competition in European football, where everyone can beat anyone, but this time I feel good going with Black Cats.

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在假日赛季取得两连胜后:周四以4-1战胜维冈竞技，我们上升到英冠积分榜第四位，桑德兰现在希望在兰开夏郡迎战布莱克波尔时再创佳绩。东道主布莱克浦以12分、落后客队19位的成绩进入了新的一年，两队都打了25场比赛。同月早些时候，东道主利物浦在光明球场的一场平局中获得了1分，他们将试图通过追逐自10月29日以来的第一场胜利来提高他们留在联赛中的机会。Pool最终将很难得到他们想要的。桑德兰取得了前年布莱克浦所取得的成就，赢得了温布利附加赛决赛，重返英格兰足球乙级联赛。客队在英冠联赛中排名第四，他们的目标是向前迈出一步，接近榜首位置，这将使他们的梦想成真，升级。桑德兰在最近的两场比赛中看起来真的很不错，如果他们在这场比赛中投入同样的精力，连胜纪录应该会扩大到3场。在维根替补出场后，帕特里克·罗伯茨和罗斯·斯图尔特有望重返桑德兰首发阵容。在这种情况下，对我的口味来说，机会简直太大了。冠军可能是欧洲足球中最艰难、最平等的竞争，每个人都可以击败任何人，但这次我和黑猫队一起感觉很好。