In total; 18 fixtures have been played and Sunderland are 3 points ahead of Cardiff City. Who wins?
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sunderland form and stats
2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Sunderland so far this season.
It's back home for Sunderland, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Huddersfield Town away with the result 2-0. Pritchard and Diallo found the net in that victory. Sweet to taste a league victory after three games without one. The forward Diallo bested all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Diallo scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Luton Town the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Sunderland perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sunderland as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Sunderland has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Sunderland has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Sunderland's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cardiff City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cardiff City so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Cardiff has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Cardiff City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Watford (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Kipré, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.01. Kipré scored one goal and won 3 of 6 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Rotherham United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Cardiff City in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Cardiff, 0 draws and 9 defeats.
After this away game Cardiff City return home for a Championship game against Hull City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Cardiff City when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cardiff City have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Sunderland victories, one draw and three Cardiff City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 5 goals |  J. Clarke 4 goals |  E. Simms 3 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Sunderland | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 72% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 56% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 33% |
| 28% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 44% |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 6.1 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 14 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7 | 10.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 37% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 41% | 33% |
| 11.7 | 10.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12.9 | 10.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cardiff City have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Burnley | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 38 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Watford | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Millwall | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Reading | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 21 | Hull City | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 20 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -9 | 19 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
