Football match betting preview: Sunderland vs Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

Championship: Sunderland host Preston North End in what could be an exciting football game. Tipsway gives you everything you need to know!

Insights:
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (3) in Championship

Sunderland and Preston North End should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sunderland form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sunderland have to build on here at Stadium of Light in the Championship.

The home team returns to Stadium of Light after drawing with Watford (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Bennette was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Watford after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Gooch, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Gooch won 7 of 9 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Reading.

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 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Blackpool in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadium of Light.

Sunderland have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadium of Light with 6 goals in 4 league matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Preston North End, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Championship, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far.

Preston's previous game was their home loss versus Sheffield United (0-2). Midfielder Whiteman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.33. Whiteman hit one key pass and had 40 successful passes (of 45 total).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Burnley.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Preston North End playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were 8 Preston North End wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Observe: 9 of the latest 10 league matches featuring this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

A new game in only four days for Preston North End, the Championship home match versus West Bromwich Albion. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Preston North End's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (4-1-0) when facing Sunderland.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
5 goals
SunderlandJ. Clarke
J. Clarke
3 goals
SunderlandE. Simms
E. Simms
3 goals

Sunderland missing players

Preston North End missing players

Sunderland Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 0 Played P 0 4 10
4 1 0 Won W 0 2 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
16 6 0 Scored S 0 2 3
11 4 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 50%
70% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 20%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 10%
30% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 70%
20% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 70%
 
4.9 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.8 5.1
5.7 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5.8
2.7 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 11.6
3.8 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.7
42% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 8%
 
12.1 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.5 13.1
3.2 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Preston North End have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
  • Preston North End have not yet lost a game away.
  • Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (3) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the most clean sheets (4) away in Championship
  • Preston North End have the most clean sheets (7) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Championship
  • Preston North End have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sunderland have scored more than double the goals of Preston North End.
  • Sunderland 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 10 7 2 1 19 5 4 4 0 0 11 1 6 3 2 1 8 4 14 23
2 Norwich City 10 6 2 2 16 9 6 4 2 0 12 5 4 2 0 2 4 4 7 20
3 Reading 10 6 0 4 10 14 5 4 0 1 8 5 5 2 0 3 2 9 -4 18
4 Burnley 10 4 5 1 17 10 5 2 3 0 9 6 5 2 2 1 8 4 7 17
5 Sunderland 10 4 3 3 16 11 4 1 2 1 6 4 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 15
6 Queens Park Rangers 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 15
7 Blackburn Rovers 10 5 0 5 11 13 5 3 0 2 7 5 5 2 0 3 4 8 -2 15
8 Rotherham United 9 3 5 1 12 6 5 3 2 0 11 2 4 0 3 1 1 4 6 14
9 Bristol City 10 4 2 4 19 16 4 3 0 1 8 3 6 1 2 3 11 13 3 14
10 Watford 10 3 5 2 11 11 5 3 1 1 8 6 5 0 4 1 3 5 0 14
11 Luton Town 10 3 4 3 11 10 6 1 3 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 13
12 Wigan Athletic 9 3 4 2 9 11 5 0 3 2 3 8 4 3 1 0 6 3 -2 13
13 Millwall 10 4 1 5 11 14 6 4 0 2 9 6 4 0 1 3 2 8 -3 13
14 Stoke City 10 3 3 4 11 11 4 1 2 1 5 4 6 2 1 3 6 7 0 12
15 Preston North End 10 2 6 2 3 4 6 0 4 2 1 4 4 2 2 0 2 0 -1 12
16 Swansea City 10 3 3 4 10 12 6 2 1 3 6 8 4 1 2 1 4 4 -2 12
17 Birmingham City 10 3 3 4 8 10 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 2 1 2 4 5 -2 12
18 Cardiff City 10 3 2 5 7 11 4 2 1 1 3 2 6 1 1 4 4 9 -4 11
19 Blackpool 10 3 2 5 10 15 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 2 1 3 6 10 -5 11
20 Hull City 10 3 2 5 11 21 5 3 0 2 7 9 5 0 2 3 4 12 -10 11
21 West Bromwich Albion 10 1 7 2 15 14 5 1 3 1 9 7 5 0 4 1 6 7 1 10
22 Middlesbrough 10 2 4 4 13 15 6 2 3 1 8 7 4 0 1 3 5 8 -2 10
23 Huddersfield Town 9 2 1 6 9 13 6 2 1 3 7 7 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 7
24 Coventry City 7 0 3 4 7 13 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 3 3 7 12 -6 3

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.