The presence of Gareth Barry on the pitch is sure to grab the headlines for Aston Villa´s match against Liverpool on Sunday.

The on-off-on-off transfer saga was one of the big summer stories but put aside the hype and make yourself a few quid by backing Villa to grab all the points in their Birmingham stronghold.

Anyone who has watched Liverpool´s performances this season will be fully aware of just how badly they are playing despite a 100% start to their Premier League campaign.

But in football you can only ride your luck for so long. The efforts of Rafa Benitez´s boys in scraping past Standard Liege was very disappointing against supposedly vastly inferior opposition. What would Man Utd, Arsenal or Chelsea have done to Liege over two legs?

Villa lost to a surprisingly impressive Stoke City last week but in their excellent opening day 4-2 win over Man City they spelt out that they are going to be a serious proposition at home.  Take the premiership odds on the Villains.

Roy Keane´s Sunderland are also in action on Sunday where we fancy them to beat visitors Manchester City at the current football odds.

The Black Cats were brilliant in winning at Spurs last weekend and they can oblige again against a City side that has been known to suffer from travel sickness in the past 12 months. The 4-2 loss at Villa Park points towards more away day agony this season.

Sunderland have spent fortunes this season in an effort to make solid inroads into the top half of the table.

Anton Ferdinand is the latest recruit following a GBP 8 million move from West Ham. An assured debut from him at the back and some fireworks up front from El Hadji Diouf and Djibril Cisse will be enough to get past City.

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