The Black Cats put up a great performance at White Hart Lane last week to beat Spurs 2-1.

I will have to hold my hands up and say that I got it completely wrong having tipped Spurs to win, but at least we still made a little money buying (betting higher) total goals with Sporting Index.

Sunderland play host to Man City on Sunday at the Stadium of Light. Roy Keane will be taking on his old team-mate Mark Hughes and he will be looking to avenge the recent poor record against City, who have won all of the last six games between the two teams.

Although the Citizens were soundly defeated by Aston Villa two weeks ago, they bounced back to a resounding 3-0 victory over West Ham last weekend, which will undoubtedly have boosted their confidence.

When you consider their record against the Black Cats, City are a big price at 11/5 with sponsors Boylesports for the away win, but Sunderland look a much stronger outfit this term and I can see the sides sharing the spoils.

Back the draw at 9/4, as well as the 1-1 scoreline at 11/2 with Boylesports. Hughes will be looking to tighten up his side's defence, so spread bettors should sell (bet lower) total goals at 2.4 with Sporting Index.

Pools were brilliant against West Brom on Tuesday night and Danny Wilson will be delighted at the prospect of a lengthy cup run.

We were only seconds away from getting the triple whammy last Saturday against Stockport, with the draw and 0-0 scorelines at 12/5 and 8/1 respectively with Boylesports, but at least we sold (bet lower) total goals with Sporting Index.

Pools travel down to London Road tomorrow to meet Peterborough United, who they have beaten the last two times they've played. However, even though the Posh have lost two of their three league games this season, they comfortably dispatched Leyton Orient 3-0 in their only home game so far.

Danny Wilson's side have not been the best travelers in the past couple of seasons and even though they have registered some tremendous wins already this season, they may struggle to pick up all three points at London Road. I would therefore again suggest backing the draw at 9/4 and the 1-1 scoreline at 11/2 with Boylesports.

Aidan O'Brien's remarkable season continued on Saturday when Duke Of Marmalade made it five straight Group One victories in the re-arranged Juddmonte International at Newmarket.

His next engagement will be the Irish Champion Stakes and although I'm sure the layers will be out in force on Betdaq, I honestly can't see anything beating this outstanding four-year-old.

The St Leger market was thrown into disarray on Saturday when ante-post favourite Patkai disappointed in the Great Voltigeur at Goodwood. Boylesports have cut O'Brien's Alessandro Volta from 10/1 into 5/1 in the past two weeks and punters should take note.

The Montjeu colt has showed signs of his father's quirks in recent races, but O'Brien is a master of training horses like this and the extra two furlongs could bring out the best in him. Snap up the 7/1 if you can still get it anywhere!