Bet Builder tips for Sunderland vs Newcastle: A 5-1 treble for the derby clash at the Stadium of Light

Sunderland vs Newcastle kick-off, date & TV info 

Date Sunday, December 14
Kick-off 2pm
Venue Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Competition Premier League
TV Sky Sports Main Event

Sunderland have enjoyed an excellent start to the Premier League season and their fans are dreaming of a derby victory against Newcastle on Sunday.

The Magpies won 3-0 at the Stadium of Light in an FA Cup third-round tie in January 2024 but Sunderland have not lost any of their last nine league meetings with their rivals.

Newcastle are favourites to ruin the Black Cats' unbeaten home record this season although Eddie Howe's men have won just one of their first seven away fixtures.

James Milton has picked out three selections for Sunday's showdown and his Bet Builder pays out at 5-1.

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Sunderland vs Newcastle betting tips & predictions

Newcastle to have more corners

Omar Alderete to have one or more shots

Granit Xhaka to be shown a card

Pays out at 5-1 with Coral

Favourites Newcastle should dominate the corner count 

Newcastle's troubles away from home continued in the Champions League this week as they conceded an 88th-minute goal to draw 2-2 at Bayer Leverkusen.

They make limited appeal in the match market to silence a raucous home crowd at the Stadium of Light but they should be backed to win more corners than Sunderland.

At the start of this round of Premier League fixtures, only struggling Wolves and Burnley averaged fewer corners per game than Sunderland's 3.6.

Newcastle's average of 6.13 corners per match is the best in the division after 15 games and the Magpies have a host of dynamic wide players including Anthony Gordon, Jacob Murphy, Anthony Elanga and Harvey Barnes.

Imposing Alderete may soar higher than Magpies

Sunderland may not win a huge number of corners but they certainly pose a threat at set-piece situations.

Imposing defender Dan Ballard is their main aerial menace and fellow centre-back Omar Alderete had four attempts at goal in last week's games against Liverpool and Manchester City.

The Paraguay international scored twice during his country's World Cup qualifying campaign and nodded in Sunderland's winner at Nottingham Forest on September 27.

The previous weekend Alderete had hit the crossbar with a powerful header against Aston Villa in September and he averaged 1.1 shots per game for Getafe in La Liga last season. 

Fiery derby atmosphere could test Xhaka's discipline

The combative Lee Cattermole was in Sunderland's midfield the last time they beat Newcastle and skipper Granit Xhaka could be the Black Cats' destroyer-in-chief on Sunday.

The former Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen man has style as well as steel, claiming as many assists – four – as yellow cards in this season's Premier League.

But Xhaka may struggle to keep his cool in a frenzied derby atmosphere, especially as he lines up against streetwise Newcastle midfielders Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali.

The Swiss international was booked in a hard-fought 2-2 draw with former club Arsenal last month and picked up seven cautions in 14 derby appearances for the Gunners against Tottenham.

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