💰 Punt: Dan Neil & Pierre Ekwah 2+ Tackles
📗 Bookie: SkyBet via BuildABet
🎲 Odds: 3.25 (9/4)
⚽️ Game: Sunderland vs. Hull

Sunderland sit in 7th place on 40 points and they welcome the visit of Hull who are hot on their heels in 9th place with 39 points. They met as recently as Boxing Day with Sunderland winning 1-0 thanks to a solitary Jack Clarke goal. Dan Neil recorded 4 tackles from 6 attempted whilst Pierre Ekwah recorded just the 1 successful tackle from 3 attempted. However, that was a Hull side without a certain Liverpool loanee…

After a failed loan spell in Germany at RB Leipzig which was cut short, Fabio Carvalho has joined Liam Rosenior’s Hull City side on loan from Premier League leaders Liverpool to help the Tigers in their play-off push. The former Fulham man recorded 10 goals and 8 assists the last time he plied his trade in the English second-tier.

The Portuguese attacker had 14 attempted dribbles on debut vs Norwich, with 6 successful. Norwich’s central midfielders Gabriel Sara & Marcelino Nunez attempted 12 tackles between them last Friday night. Sara recording 3 successful tackles and Nunez having 4 in just 60 minutes of play, Nunez also committed 4 fouls showing that opposition central midfielders will likely struggle to contain Fabio Carvalho from now until May.

Sunderland midfielders Pierre Ekwah (1.8 tackles per90) & Dan Neil (1.5 tackles per90) will be tasked with stopping Carvalho from making an impact on the game. You may prefer to back singles on either player but I’ll be doubling the pair up for a trio of long shots. All of the following are via SkyBet’s BuildABet feature:

• Dan Neil & Pierre Ekwah 2+ Tackles @ 3.25 (9/4)

• Dan Neil & Pierre Ekwah 3+ Tackles @ 11.00 (10/1)

• Dan Neil & Pierre Ekwah 4+ Tackles @ 51.00 (50/1)