Aston Villa’s Irish defender Richard Dunne (left) has added 37.9 rating points to his FTBL score in the last 2 games, breaking into the Top 23 of the English Premier League and capturing the top spot in our ranking of Irish defenders. The 100-point mark, which Dunne has achieved just once since we started tracking him, is now within clear view.

With a tally of 96.96 points and a plank of just 7.2 rating points to beat in the coming game against Sunderland, a win even with a goal against will allow Dunne to reach the 100-point mark. Villa are usually lucky with Sunderland: they have won 6 of their last 8 encounters. Dunne clearly has a good chance here.