Premiership Preview: Survival Sunday

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Today see’s two from four of Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Sunderland and Hull City joining West Brom in contemplating life in the Championship next season – not to mention a financial loss of around £30m. No pressure, eh?

United’s UEFA Champions League final in Rome just three days later will be at the forefront of Ferguson’s thinking, with the Scot unlikely to risk the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney against Hull, and rightly so. His team have won the league title and has the chance of winning the European Cup.

Although Survival Sunday could not be more delicately poised at the foot of the table, it is perhaps Middlesbrough that will start the day most resigned to their fate.

Gareth Southgate’s side, who face West Ham at Upton Park, need the Tigers to lose if they are to have a chance of staying up, while Newcastle travel to Aston Villa having to better the result of Phil Brown’s men if they are to survive.

Sunderland could go down if they lose at Chelsea and both Newcastle and Hull win, meaning all three of the North East clubs have a vested interest in the side Ferguson sends out.

Three of the matches are live on Sky Sports.

Aston Villa v Newcastle 3.00pm Sun, Sky Sports 1 & HD1
Hull City v Manchester United 4.00pm Sun, Sky Sports 3 & HD3
Sunderland v Chelsea 4.00pm Sun, Sky Sports 3 (via the red button)

Posted on May 24, 2009 | Filed Under Football