A win is the only result that will be enough for the Sunderland regulars in this Stadium of Light battle with Middlesbrough, as they enjoy a solid lead on their opponents in the Championship table.
- Sunderland have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Sunderland nor Middlesbrough as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sunderland form and stats
3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Sunderland so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Anthony Patterson not having conceded a league goal in 183 minutes.
A nice win for Sunderland last time playing, versus Watford. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Huggins and Ba scoring for the victors. The goalie Patterson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.84 out of ten. Patterson topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Sheffield Wednesday with a 3-0 scoreline.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sunderland have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Sunderland are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadium of Light in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
Playing away, Middlesbrough have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.
Middlesbrough go into this game after a win, the home game against Cardiff City that ended 2-0. Midfield player Jones was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Jones scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Watford at their stadium, the result 3-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Middlesbrough, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Middlesbrough find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Middlesbrough have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Sunderland, two draws and six wins for Middlesbrough. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Clarke 7 goals |   R. McGree 3 goals |  D. Neil 2 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Sunderland | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 6.5 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 6.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 14.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13.8 | 14.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 38% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 25% |
| 11.1 | 9.6 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
- All of Middlesbrough's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sunderland have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Championship
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Leeds United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Hull City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Southampton | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Coventry City | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 14 | Millwall | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 18 | Stoke City | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Watford | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 2 |
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