Friday night's live televised football comes from South London where Crystal Palace take on Sunderland in their Championship clash.

One thing this game is not and that is a match between two quality sides on the top of their form.

Mid-table Sunderland fought back from two goals down to earn a point in a 2-2 draw at Burnley in their last outing and have improved recently but manager Roy Keane is obviously still trying to make his mark at the Stadium of Light.

The Irishman himself is still trying to come to terms with life in the dugout: "The Championship is a tough league. It is a bit of a rat race. Everybody is beating each other." You don't say Roy.

However, their opponents Palace are a lowly 17th in the table, 11 points adrift of a play-off place although Eagles boss Peter Taylor could welcome back veteran striker Dougie Freedman for the home clash with Sunderland.

However, we think the North East men will prevail. Betterbet.com offer 6/4 for Sunderland to take all three points which we hope will bring an early Christmas present.