Sunderland fans may well be feeling good about tonight's game purely because of the team on the other side of the pitch.

Sunderland have not won back-to-back Premier League games for two years. Despite this horror show on home turf, they have visitors who are, frankly rubbish of late...

How do they do it? Just how do they do it?

At the start of last season, I was lucky enough to get to chat to Sunderland captain John O'Shea. I asked him why that season would differ from others and not end up in a relegation scrap. He assured me it would be different, nerves would not be frayed in the north east.

As you will recall, they were. Sunderland flirted with the drop. They hugged the drop, they kissed the drop, they cherished the drop and again, they escaped the drop.

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And, one season on, here we are again. A club who seemingly love a relegation fight like my grandmother loves a bus trip.

You just know they'll escape. That's what Sunderland do after all.

Unsurprisingly, Sam Allardyce goes for an unchanged team, sticking with the side that came back to beat Chelsea 3-2.

Sunderland XI: Mannone, Yedlin, Van Aarnholt, Kaboul, Kone, Kirchhoff, Cattermole, M’Vila, Borini, Khazri, Defoe.

Subs: Pickford, Jones, Larsson, Rodwell, N’Doye, O’Shea, Watmore.

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Ramiro Funes Mori returns for Everton following a three-game ban. He replaces Bryan Oviedo. Kevin Mirallas is rewarded with a recall following his superb goal at Leicester, as Oumar Niasse drops to the bench. The other change for the visitors sees the now fit Gareth Barry come in for Aaron Lennon.

Everton XI: Robles, Baines, Funes Mori, Stones, Pennington, Barry, McCarthy, Cleverley, Barkley, Mirallas, Lukaku.

Subs: Howard, Gibson, Oviedo, Lennon, Niasse, Besic, Osman.

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And now we hit fifth gear and head 252 miles north to Sunderland. For now though, it seems you are all enjoying our season review request.  

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Norwich are going to announce their player of the season before kick-off. I'll go for Robbie Brady but if I'm honest, I'm having to scrape the bottom of a slightly worn barrel.

Anyway, there's a special guest in town to present the award to the winner...

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Norwich fans, believe. Your manager still does.

"Our task is to take it to the last game. If we can do that, anything can happen," Alex Neil tells Norwich TV.

"I still hold the belief that if we win this game, anything can happen." 

Hats off to Neil, that's positivity for you right there. If I was in charge of a team with 12 defeats in 16 games I think I'd be struggling to do anything other than cry into Delia's shoulder.

If ever a picture fitted circumstance.

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Poor old Norwich are going down aren't they? The Canaries need two wins and even then, they are at the mercy of Newcastle and Sunderland results.

The towel has seemingly come into the ring though. Four straight defeats, no goals in those games. It's dire. The last time Norwich went five Premier League games without a goal was in January 1993.

Whitney Houston was number one in the charts with 'I will always love you'. Sadly, there's no sign of Kevin Costner on hand to save Norwich.

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Norwich drop defender Sebastien Bassong after his error gifted Manchester United victory on Saturday, with Ryan Bennett coming in.

In total, they make four changes as Graham Dorrans, Steven Naismith and Dieumerci Mbokani all start.

Norwich XI: Ruddy; Pinto, Martin (c), Bennett, Olsson; Redmond, Dorrans, O'Neil, Hoolahan; Naismith, Mbokani

Watford continue with both Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo up front, despite the latter not having scored in his last 12 league games.

Allan Nyom comes in at right back with Sebastian Prodl missing out in the only change from their loss at Liverpool on Sunday.

Watford XI: Gomes, Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Anya, Abdi, Suarez, Watson, Jurado, Deeney, Ighalo

So this live text is going to bounce back and forth from the Stadium of Light, to Carrow Road and over to Anfield, where Liverpool host Chelsea in what would have looked like a crackerjack of a fixture nine months ago.

We'll have every goal, point won, injury, touchline handbags, booking, red card... you know the drill.

We're off to Norwich first where one defender has paid the price for an error.

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Everton in the house. Romelu Lukaku doing his bit to keep the widespread consensus that a footballer can't survive without headphones on a bus well and truly alive.

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Big Sam is signing autographs and patting young children on the head. A gentle giant.

I also note how Sam double cups when holding a hot drink. I'd not have him down as such a risk averse character. 

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This is your chance to get creative ladies and gents.

We want you to tweet us a summary of your club's season. Use words, emojis, images, you name it. Go crazy.

Chelsea aren't my team, but something like this very rushed attempt. 

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So how are you guys? Any Toon fans or Black Cats among the readership tonight? You must be going grey by the second.

Stay with me for team news which is just dropping. We will take a look at the form and as always, want your views on the season. 

In fact, we'll go down that route next.

So with Norwich in action, Sunderland in action, it begs the question, where is Rafa watching from?

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Later this week he will probably tell the media he was doing something cool like having dinner with his family or out clay pigeon shooting on the banks of the Tyne. Managers seem to love this 'I'm not really bothered' mantra of late. 

They all sit there and watch though don't they? Their stories of doing other wise are a mirage. So where you at Rafa? Tweet us on #bbcfootball. 

If you've spotted Rafa, send us a tweet.

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So welcome to a night of football which could finish the contests at the top and bottom of the table. Sunday's final day of the campaign could just be about fourth place.

If you're just tuning in and haven't spent the week worrying about this one, it's like this:

• A Sunderland win relegates Newcastle and Norwich.
• A Sunderland draw means they will probably only need another draw at Watford on Sunday to stay up.
• Norwich must beat Watford tonight to stand any chance of survival.

Look at this bloke.

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He is to a relegation scrap what Torvill was to Dean, what stuffing is to turkey, what biscuits are to tea.

I doubt he'd admit it, but I think he loves this. Where's the excitement if a club's status, your reputation and the tears of thousands of fans aren't on the line?

One more win makes the final game of the season a boring one for Big Sam.

This is how their dreams have played out in recent months in Sunderland.

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Could they save themselves and relegate their rivals? It's a scenario which belongs in the game of football you once dreamed up in your back garden. It's like a film which Sean Bean should have starred in. It's the comic book story, with a perfect ending, the type of ending which makes life feel like one collective, Tyson-Fury sized party.

That's right folks. Tonight's the night where Sunderland can relegate Newcastle (Norwich too). Tomorrow, Sunderland fans face the prospect of a skip to work. Newcastle fans, take a deep breath, the reality is never as bad as the nightmare.