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Ed Chamberlin blogs on strikers, Southampton and Super Sunday

Image: Fab-ulous: Borini was Sunderland's hero in the North East derby

Super Sunday was marked by two dramatic, late and crucial goals.

Southampton are flying and my ante-post bet in this column on them to finish in the top half of the table is looking far too conservative! While Southampton are now getting headlines, Everton are sixth in the table and going about their business in a quiet but effective fashion. They also have another of the League's in-form strikers in the form of Romelu Lukaku. We get a chance to see Everton and Lukaku in action on Super Sunday in a fascinating clash with Tottenham. Tottenham have gained more points (72) and scored more goals (62) against Everton than they have against any other Premier League side but are up against an Everton team who have been unbeatable at home this year. The Toffees have taken 28 points from last 30 available at Goodison Park since the beginning of March and are the only Premier League team yet to lose a home game in 2013.
Remarkable
After that game, we will see the first English top division meeting between two Welsh clubs. The Cardiff City Stadium will be absolutely jumping as Cardiff host Swansea. The last time Super Sunday was in Wales, Cardiff pulled off that remarkable win against Manchester City. Now the home side need to get something out of the game as they have gone through a sticky patch since, winning just one of their last seven games. Swansea are in decent form and passing the ball as well as ever, having made over 200 more passes this season than any other Premier League team with the best overall passing accuracy in the division (almost 87%). Their problem has been at the business end as they have slipped to eighth when it comes to passes in the final third this season, which is reflected by their total of just 12 goals in nine games. Swansea are certainly consistent as they have an identical record after nine League games as last season. It promises to be a lively Super Sunday from 12.30pm on Sky Sports 1. I was delighted to win the Super 6 mini League last week and be able to donate £1,000 to Reverse Rett Research Trust - www.curefordylan.com. Thank you Sky Bet. Also keep an eye on The Fantasy Football Club leaderboard. Gary Neville was Manager of the Week following on from myself and Jamie Carragher. The Monday Night Football team are on the charge and I expect to see a worried Fenners and Merse on the show this week...

Horse racing

AP McCoy seems in a hurry to get to the magic 4,000. I badly want to be there when he reaches the landmark and it looked as though he might do it during international week, which would have been perfect for me, before he selfishly won races left, right and centre last week. It now looks like he may do it sooner! Make no mistake: this will be one of the great achievements in sport. The Champion jockey has done us proud over the last few years giving us a horse to follow for the season, which have included Binocular, Kid Cassidy, Darlan and My Tent or Yours. This term AP has recommended we follow Shutthefrontdoor, who made a winning debut over fences at Aintree last weekend. He reckons Shutthefrontdoor will develop in to a decent staying novice. He also gave a good mention to Regal Encore, who was second in the Cheltenham Festival Bumper, and he seemed to blame the jockey for his defeat on his hurdles bow at Aintree! Meanwhile, the National Hunt season continues to gather real pace and steps up another gear at Wetherby on Saturday and then rolls on to the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter on Tuesday. What a great time of year this is. The horse I'm most looking forward to at one of those meetings, or possibly Ascot on Saturday, is Alan King's Gone Too Far. Gone Too Far is set to make his hurdling debut and I've heard excellent reports about his work and schooling at home. In total contrast there's also the annual Breeders Cup jamboree this weekend. I've been tapping up all my US contacts and have been told the bet of the meeting is Brujo de Olleroa (12/1 with Sky Bet) in Friday night's Dirt Mile. He was second to a very good horse on his latest start and the main players all have questions to answer. On Saturday, I like Unbridled's Note in the Turf Sprint. This horse loves the track, was second in this contest last year and has been trained specifically for the race again. He'll be written off in stall 14 but that's not as bad as everyone thinks due to the configuration of this quirky turf course.

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