Duncan Watmore has returned from injury for Sunderland, meaning they have a fully-fit squad to choose from. He has got a damaged ligament in his knee.
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Allardyce has never been relegated from the top-flight and he could be on course to mastermind another great escape to emulate Sunderland’s last-ditch revival under Dick Advocaat 12 months ago.
Sunderland, who placed 16th in the Premier League last season, will most likely experience relegation if they can’t pull off a few victories in the six games they have left this season.
“No wonder Allardyce is praying”.
Boss Sam Allardyce has called on his Sunderland side to down Norwich on Saturday to “repay” the club’s fans.
“I would be disappointed if I had that one relegation against my managerial career from the Premier League”.
“That makes you realise you want to stay up so much for the people here in this town”.
Can the Canaries enjoy another season in the Premier League? Wisdom’s challenge on Borini was brainless and the game turned on that one moment of madness.
Victory for Sunderland would mean that they are just one point behind Norwich with a game in hand. Being at home, we know if we’re able to get the win it would give us a big jump….
Think you can do better than Lawro?
Norwich caused panic in the Sunderland area with the first set piece of the match before tension boiled over with just three minutes played when the Sunderland bench reacted furiously to Robbie Brady shoving DeAndre Yedlin into the advertising boards, Allardyce taking exception to Cameron Jerome’s efforts to intervene in the scuffle.
The Black Cats were living a charmed life after going two goals in front as Norwich were laying siege to the Sunderland goal. Their most recent win at Carrow Road was 4-1 in a League Cup second-round tie in 2009.
They earned eight points from the reverse fixtures against their remaining five opponents (W2, D2, L1).
“We won’t use him from the start at Norwich, but we may use him as a sub, depending on how he feels today after a full week’s training”.
Both are chasing a Canaries side who can no longer be concerned about the style and must focus purely on results, according to manager Alex Neil. Sunderland are next with seven.
Norwich’s final four games see them take on Arsenal, Manchester United, Watford and Everton.
They average a point per game under Sam Allardyce, losing half of his 24 league matches in charge (W6, D6, L12).
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Danny Drinkwater got the better of Cattermole at the Stadium of Light last week, and the Sunderland skipper played like he had a point to prove at Carrow Road.
