Leicester City coach Kevin Phillips admits their clash with Sunderland will be decisive in their relegation stoush.
The Foxes have lost their last four and have slipped into the bottom three, which is where Sunderland resided until the win at Crystal Palace earlier this month.
And Phillips told the Daily Mail: "We haven't done badly so far but the key to us staying up is doing well against the teams in and around us - and Sunderland come into that category."
