The standings reveals that 3 points split the pair of two sets of gladiators in this Championship game. Sunderland enjoy both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Sunderland have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Championship
- Cardiff City have yet to win a game away.
Not much time to rest for the home side, as they played a Championship fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Blackburn Rovers.
Sunderland form and stats
Sunderland have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Championship. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Sunderland are returning here after visiting Blackburn Rovers and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Clarke (2) and Neil scored the goal(s). The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Clarke, having scored in three games in a row. Midfield player Clarke got a match rating of 9.2 in that game, the max score being 10. Clarke scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.
Before that match, a win away at Queens Park Rangers.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sunderland handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.
Goals are plentiful at Stadium of Light in the league this season as Sunderland has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games.
Cardiff City form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Championship for Cardiff City with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Cardiff City won their last game, 3-2 versus Coventry City played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Bulut when Etete scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute. Goutas was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Goutas scored one goal and won 8 of 10 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Swansea City.Cardiff City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Carabao Cup trip to Blackburn Rovers.
The travelling fans enjoy Cardiff's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. The Cardiff City manager Bulut has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Sunderland-Cardiff City H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Sunderland three wins, Cardiff City four wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Clarke 5 goals |   I. Ugbo 3 goals |  A. Ramsey 3 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Sunderland | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.3 | 7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8.7 | 7.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16.1 | 16.3 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10 | 11 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 42% | 43% |
| 12.1 | 10 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 19.3 | 13.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.3 |
- All of Cardiff City's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Sunderland's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cardiff City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Cardiff City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cardiff City have yet to win a game away.
- Cardiff City 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 (8) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Preston North End | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Hull City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Millwall | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Southampton | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Watford | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 4 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 24 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
