Top-drawer Burnley arrive at Sunderland after their 1-1-result vs Birmingham City. Check out our comprehensive match preview!
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
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 Burnley.
Sunderland form and stats
Sunderland have collected 10 points from their Championship home games so far after 2-4-1.
No payout for Sunderland in their previous match, an away game at Blackburn Rovers that ended in defeat 0-2. O'Nien was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender O'Nien hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
Before that, Sunderland had a home game versus Wigan Athletic which ended with a victory 2-1.Sunderland are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. From these home matches, Sunderland have conceded only 5 goals.
Burnley form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. In general it has been a productive period now for Burnley as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Burnley are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Birmingham City (placed 14th). As mentioned above, Burnley drew the match against Birmingham City. Manager Kompany brought on Guðmundsson to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Harwood-Bellis, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Harwood-Bellis won 4 of 9 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Swansea City.Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's last 12 league matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Norwich City in just three days.
Burnley have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Burnley are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sunderland-Burnley H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sunderland four wins, Burnley three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodriguez 7 goals |   R. Stewart 5 goals |  N. Tella 5 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Burnley missing players
| Sunderland | Burnley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 87% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 80% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 20% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 47% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 67% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 7% |
| 4.7 | 4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.9 | 5.6 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 14.4 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.4 | 12.5 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 37% | 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 33% | 36% |
| 11.4 | 11.3 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 10.8 | 9.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Championship
- Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Burnley 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 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | Burnley | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Millwall | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Reading | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | Watford | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 19 | Hull City | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 17 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Coventry City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
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