{"id":2807,"date":"2026-01-17T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insightresearcher.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/match-preview-sunderland-v-crystal-palace-lads-return-to-premier-league-action\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:07:28","slug":"match-preview-sunderland-v-crystal-palace-lads-return-to-premier-league-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightresearcher.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/match-preview-sunderland-v-crystal-palace-lads-return-to-premier-league-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Preview: Sunderland v Crystal Palace \u2014 Lads Return to Premier League Action!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"heading\"><em><strong>Saturday 17th January 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"heading\">Sunderland v Crystal Palace &#8211; <em><strong>The Premier League<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"heading\"><strong>The platform<\/strong> Of Light <em><strong>Getting started: <\/strong><\/em>15:00<\/h5>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><strong>Tickets &#038; Game Coverage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tickets: <\/strong>Tickets are sold out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV\/Broadcasting:<\/strong> Full live match coverage is not available in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>Radio: <\/strong>Full live commentary of the match is available via BBC Radio Newcastle (not online)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><strong>Construction\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It seemed like last week was exactly what we needed in some ways. Like when you just need an afternoon off and you feel better about it &#8211; in that sense it feels good to be back in the bread and butter of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Crystal Palace are the visitors to the Stadium of Light in a game we haven&#8217;t seen on Wearside for almost nine and a half years. Meanwhile, David Moyes and Alan Pardew were in the dugouts and after leading 2-0 on the hour with a Jermain Defoe brace, we lost 3-2. In fact, we have never come out on top in their five visits and we have to go back to 2003 for our last home win against them in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But back to today and both clubs go into the game looking to get back to winning ways with Palace looking for the first time in six games and the Lads having just one win on the board in their last six &#8211; against the visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Despite Palace being only three places and two points below Sunderland in the table, there is a different feeling about the clubs at the moment which was evident on the eve of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Two top football stories broke when Marc Gu\u00e9hi agreed a \u00a320m deal to join Man City and was withdrawn from the club at the weekend, and Oliver Glasner announced he was leaving at the end of the season. It may have been the worst-kept secret in football, but announcing a manager&#8217;s departure months in advance rarely has a positive effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On the other hand Sunderland are almost at full strength, without Traor\u00e9 (and to a lesser extent Masuaku), which means that Le Bris have difficult decisions, especially at the back where we have lost selection. Will this lead to four or five behind?<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Today is a three game series, West Ham away and Burnley at home to follow where we can get close to that incredible 40 point mark when we travel to Arsenal on February 7.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><strong>Bet&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The bookies have the Lads at 23\/10 to win the game, while Everton are priced at 23\/20, with the draw at 2\/1.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><strong>Head to head&#8230; <\/strong>in Sunderland<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>(All competitions)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><strong>Last time we met&#8230; <\/strong>in the stadium of light<\/h2>\n<h5 class=\"heading\"><em><strong>Saturday 24th September 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"heading\"><small><em><strong>The Premier League<\/strong><\/em><\/small><\/h5>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>A field of light<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading\"><em><strong>Sunderland<\/strong><\/em>    2-3 Crystal Palace<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>[Defoe 39\u2019, 60\u2019 \u2013 Ledley 61\u2019, McArthur 76\u2019, Benteke 90\u2019]<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p><em><strong>Sunderland: <\/strong>Pickford, Manquillo, Kone, Djilobodji, Kirchoff, van Aanholt, Cattermole (McNair), Ndong, Pienaar (Watmore), Januzaj (Anichebe) <strong>Exceptions are not used: <\/strong>Mika, Denayer, O&#8217;Shea, Khazri<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Crystal Palace: <\/strong>Mandanda, Ward, Kelly (Fryers), Ledley, Tomkins, Delaney, Puncheon (Lee), McArthur, Benteke, Cabaye (Wickham), Townsend <strong>Exceptions are not used: <\/strong>Hennessey, Wynter, Mutch, Sako<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Presence: <\/strong><\/em>38,941<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"655\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/h4Gsr73p9Z.Fec2in.wYxg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY1NTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/sb_nation_articles_115\/2698b757cf8a71757f0586fdf258ef81\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><em><strong>Predicting&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Sunderland 2-0 Crystal Palace<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">If you listened to the preview this morning, you will have heard that the full house is winning 2-0, and who am I to disagree?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 17th January 2026 Sunderland v Crystal Palace &#8211; The Premier League The platform Of Light Getting started: 15:00 Tickets &#038; Game Coverage Tickets: Tickets are sold out. 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