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Sunderland boss Gus Poyet: 'Hull City game is must win'

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet admits that his side have to beat Hull City in their next Premier League outing to distance themselves from the relegation zone.

By Simon Sinclair, Reporter | 01 March 2015

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet has conceded that his side's Premier League clash against Hull City is a must-win game.

The Black Cats have won only one of their last 10 top-flight fixtures, leaving them just three points clear of the relegation zone with 11 matches to play this season.

Poyet feels that his side's next two games against Hull and Aston Villa will dictate the rest of their campaign.

He told the club's official website: "Now is the time and the next two games are our time. We cannot keep going without winning games and the next two will be key moments in the season."

The Uruguayan also revealed that midfielder Ricky Alvarez is facing a fitness battle to play at the KC Stadium on Tuesday after missing his side's 2-0 defeat against Manchester United with a knock.

He added: "Ricky is touch and go for Tuesday's game, so we will have to assess him tomorrow and see how he is."

Sunderland are 16th in the Premier League table one point and one place below Hull.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leicester City Leicester	45	31	4	10	89	39	50	97
2	Ipswich Town Ipswich	45	27	12	6	90	57	33	93
3	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
4	Southampton	45	25	9	11	85	62	23	84
5	Norwich City Norwich	45	21	10	14	79	63	16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	7	66
9	Coventry City Coventry	45	17	13	15	69	57	12	64
10	Preston North End Preston	45	18	9	18	56	64	-8	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	45	13	11	21	58	74	-16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	45	4	12	29	32	87	-55	24