They're going into the derby game at yours for the first time in a while as, what they consider to be, favourites, and a clearly better team. Personally, I think they're getting ahead of themselves - their 2 wins have been a debatable last minute penalty scuffed in by Bent, and an own goal (in a game they were by some distance 2nd best). I think they're just putting on a face of confidence just for the hell of it.
Are Sunderland really a clearly better team? Man for man, I really don't see where they are clearly better. I'm not sure how many of their squad I would take to be honest.
Their team for their last match was:
Sunderland
22 Mignolet
02 Bardsley
04 Turner
15 Onuoha
19 Bramble
06 Cattermole
08 Malbranque
10 Henderson
27 Al-Muhammadi
11 Bent
17 Welbeck (Gyan 65)
Substitutes
01 Gordon,
05 John Mensah,
14 Da Silva,
29 Ferdinand,
07 Zenden,
16 Riveros,
33 Gyan
Nope. It's just what they think. I'd say Elmohamady, from how he's started this season, would get on your right wing.
Mignolet has been decent from what I've seen, I don't know whether he's better than Krul or not.
Onouha
Colo
Williamson (Bramble?)
Enrique
Jonas
Tiote
Henderson
Elmohamady
Bent
Carroll
?