Swansea don't need to do anything stupid against Sunderland. A draw will be fine and leaves them needing to win at home to West-Brom-on-the-beach to be certain.

It is only if they lose that there is a chance that a win in their last game wont be enough.

If Swansea do beat Sunderland then it is likely they will still need something from the West Brom game.

I watched a bit of the Sunderland match. They played very well, relaxed, positive and better in lots of ways than Hull who were trying too hard.

Sunderland are fully capable and probably will beat Swansea for the same reasons. All they need to do is mark Llorente TIGHT and not give any free kicks away within 25m for Siggurdsson to thrive on!

Can Sunderland beat Swansea? Well yes, they can, by scoring more goals than Swansea score before the referee ends the game.

Do I think they will beat Swansea? Yes, possibly, but I predict a draw (which as others have noted, wouldn't take the pressure off us against Hull).

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Sunderland will be at home, so I think a lot will depend on the atmosphere in the ground. Will the Mackems come out to cheer on their team for the last game in the Premiership this year (and, according to pundits, likely for a good while). Will they be looking to express anger and frustration at the players, management or ownership? Will they show up at all?

I suspect, whatever their motives and intentions, if Swansea start bossing and/or winning the game, the atmosphere could get toxic pretty quickly. Also, Swansea FC are paying the tickets for their fans to attend. The away support is likely to be much more vocal and...well...supportive.

I expect a Swansea win. Everything Palace do must be planned with that in mind.

Edited by Ray in Houston (08 May 2017 4.28pm)

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

I think most of the players will be upping their game, as they don't want to be playing for Sunderland in the Championship next season.

But I don't think Sunderland can do it two weeks running.

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But bear in mind Tottenham play Man U, Leicester and Hull in 7 days...with only 2 days rest between Leicester and Hull....both away. Regardless of any permutations we can't rely on Tottenham to get anything at Hull.