Sunderland supporters put their faith in manager Mowbray to deliver victory against Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

Sunderland have won 58 points running out as the hosts. Birmingham City have claimed 50 points playing away. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sunderland form and stats

Sunderland have collected 25 points from their Championship home games so far after 6-7-7. Sunderland have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Sunderland are returning here after visiting Cardiff City and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Cirkin scored the goal(s). Sweet to taste a league victory after four games without. Cirkin was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.13 out of 10. The defender Cirkin scored one goal and won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that, Sunderland drew at home versus Hull City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sunderland handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Huddersfield Town are coming to town in three days.

Sunderland are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 20 games. On the other hand, Sunderland have conceded 29 goals.

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Birmingham City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Birmingham City have produced an overall stat of 6-5-9 so far.

Birmingham's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Stoke City that finished 0-0. Midfielder Bacuna was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Bacuna hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Reading.

Birmingham City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Lacking goals? 9 of this side's most recent 12 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The schedule is very tough for Birmingham City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Millwall is waiting in only three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Birmingham City have scored 21 goals in 20 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Birmingham rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other earlier on this campaign: Birmingham City - Sunderland 1-2. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Sunderland won five, Birmingham City were winners in three and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandA. Traoré
A. Traoré
11 goals
SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals

Sunderland missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 20 41
15 6 3 Won W 4 6 13
13 7 2 Drew D 0 5 11
13 7 1 Lost L 2 9 17
58 28 8 Scored S 13 21 44
50 29 4 Conceded C 13 30 51
93% 90% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 88%
76% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 68%
51% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 45% 41%
20% 25% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 17%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 15% 10%
59% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 46%
32% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 32%
17% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 35% 34%
 
4.1 3.6 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.4 4.3
5.3 5.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.5 5.2
2 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 12.4 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.3 10.4
3.9 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.2
37% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 32% 34%
 
12.1 11.5 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.8 12
3.6 3.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.3 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

Birmingham City:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.