Statistics people will highlight a considerable gulf in quality between these teams based on the matches played so far, with Sunderland ahead of Blackpool by 5 points.
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sunderland and Blackpool.
Sunderland form and stats
The complete Championship stats playing at home this season for Sunderland are 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Sunderland's previous game, also at home. Visiting Preston North End (placed 14th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Alese was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.12 out of 10. The defender Alese hit two key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.
2-2 away at Watford before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sunderland handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sunderland as they are travelling to their away game against Swansea City in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The Sunderland fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. 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.
Blackpool form and stats
2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackpool in their Championship matches away. It's a growing despair in Blackpool as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Blackpool might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Norwich City proved too strong as Blackpool slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Bloomfield Road. Blackpool goalkeeper Maxwell was happy for a fine shift against Norwich City, but despite registering six saves the defeat could not be stopped.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Millwall wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Blackpool are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
A new game in only four days for Blackpool, the Championship home match versus Watford. Busy days.
Blackpool's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Sunderland-Blackpool H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Sunderland three wins, Blackpool three wins, two draws. two of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 5 goals |  J. Clarke 3 goals |  E. Simms 3 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Blackpool missing players
| Sunderland | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 45% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 18% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 5.9 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 15.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 7.7 | 10.1 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 40% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 31% |
| 11.7 | 11.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.7 | 14 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blackpool have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Reading | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 4 | Burnley | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Watford | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Hull City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
