Man Utd v Sunderland Betting Advice

Manchester United are going great guns in their quest to achieve what, only a month ago, appeared to be tantamount to mission impossible - that is to overhaul Chelsea and capture the Premiership title.Chelsea's 4-1 win over West Ham silenced those that dared to suggest that they might be losing the plot, but any slips ups on their part and United are well within striking distance following a 2-0 beating of Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday, and they remain seven points adrift of the Blues, with five games left, including this fixture against a lacklustre Sunderland on Friday evening.Indeed, Sunderland are painful to watch - they did extremely well to grind out a 2-2 draw with Everton at the weekend, thus delaying their official relegation. But the final nail will surely be wielded into their coffin at Old Trafford in this tie.Scorer of six goal in their last nine Premiership matches, winger Cristiano Ronaldo looks a spot of value at 15/8 with Paddy Power to score anytime during the match.The Portugese playmaker's pace will exploit The Black Cats' woeful defence and he'll be fancying his chances of adding to the plight of Kevin Ball's charges.United have scored twenty four goals in their last ten Premiership fixtures - that's an impressive average of 2.4 goals per game. Overall, Sir Alex Ferguson's men have the best goals for record in the Premiership this season, having scored sixty six times in thirty three games, compared to Chelsea's sixty four goals in the same number of matches.In their last four Premiership matches at home, nine of Man Utd's twelve goals have been scored in the first half, which underlines the fact that they are invariable quick off the blocks at the Theatre of Dreams.With this stat in mind, there looks to be value in backing first half in the half with most goals betting at a tasty 2/1 with bet365.