Sunderland vs Stoke City: Soccer match betting guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

Championship: What this match might not have in elegance it should pay back in pace and dedication. Get set for Sunderland - Stoke City!

Insights:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Stoke City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Sunderland form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Sunderland have to build on here at Stadium of Light in the Championship.

Sunderland lost their last game at Coventry City (placed 10th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfielder Diallo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Diallo scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 8 of 9 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rotherham United (1-2).

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 11 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 13 most recent league matches highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Sunderland are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 16 games. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stoke City form and stats

6-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stoke City in their Championship matches away.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home loss versus Brighton & Hove Albion with 0-1 on the scoreboard. The attacker Campbell got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Campbell hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

The game before that, in the Championship, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Millwall.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke City playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 6 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Observe: 8 of the last 10 league games involving this team have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stoke have scored 19 goals in 17 league games away. Stoke City have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Stoke City - Sunderland 0-1. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Sunderland won four, Stoke City were winners in four and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals
SunderlandJ. Clarke
J. Clarke
7 goals

Sunderland missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Stoke City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 16 5 Played P 6 17 34
13 6 2 Won W 4 6 11
10 5 2 Drew D 0 3 7
11 5 1 Lost L 2 8 16
49 21 7 Scored S 11 19 39
38 17 4 Conceded C 6 22 41
94% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
79% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 68%
53% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 47% 44%
18% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 29% 29%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
59% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 38%
29% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 29%
18% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 38%
 
4.3 3.8 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 5.6
5.4 5.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 5.2
2.1 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 12.8 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 12.5 13
3.8 4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 4.4
38% 33% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 26% 26%
 
11.9 11.7 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 11.7 10.3
3.4 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.6 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stoke 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 34 22 10 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 40 76
2 Sheffield United 33 19 7 7 55 30 17 11 3 3 35 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 25 64
3 Middlesbrough 34 17 6 11 56 40 16 9 5 2 26 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 16 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 17 4 13 38 38 16 11 1 4 22 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 0 55
5 Millwall 34 15 9 10 43 35 16 9 5 2 25 12 18 6 4 8 18 23 8 54
6 Luton Town 34 14 12 8 42 34 17 5 8 4 22 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 8 54
7 Norwich City 34 15 7 12 48 37 18 8 4 6 27 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 11 52
8 Watford 34 13 11 10 41 38 16 8 4 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 50
9 Sunderland 34 13 10 11 49 38 16 6 5 5 21 17 18 7 5 6 28 21 11 49
10 Coventry City 34 13 10 11 37 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 16 4 5 7 14 18 3 49
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 13 9 11 44 36 17 8 5 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 8 48
12 Preston North End 34 12 10 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 16 8 4 4 18 16 -8 46
13 Bristol City 33 11 11 11 43 41 18 7 5 6 22 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 2 44
14 Reading 33 13 5 15 38 48 16 10 3 3 27 18 17 3 2 12 11 30 -10 44
15 Swansea City 34 11 10 13 47 51 17 7 3 7 27 25 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 43
16 Hull City 34 11 9 14 38 48 17 6 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -10 42
17 Stoke City 34 11 7 16 39 41 17 5 4 8 20 19 17 6 3 8 19 22 -2 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 34 10 9 15 35 49 17 5 4 8 19 26 17 5 5 7 16 23 -14 39
19 Birmingham City 34 10 8 16 38 46 18 5 5 8 20 21 16 5 3 8 18 25 -8 38
20 Rotherham United 34 8 13 13 37 46 16 6 5 5 26 20 18 2 8 8 11 26 -9 37
21 Cardiff City 34 9 8 17 25 38 17 5 5 7 13 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -13 35
22 Huddersfield Town 33 8 7 18 30 47 16 6 3 7 16 16 17 2 4 11 14 31 -17 31
23 Blackpool 34 7 10 17 33 51 16 4 5 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 31
24 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 30 52 17 3 4 10 12 30 16 4 6 6 18 22 -22 31

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Table
  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 34 22 10 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 40 76
2 Sheffield United 33 19 7 7 55 30 17 11 3 3 35 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 25 64
3 Middlesbrough 34 17 6 11 56 40 16 9 5 2 26 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 16 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 17 4 13 38 38 16 11 1 4 22 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 0 55
5 Millwall 34 15 9 10 43 35 16 9 5 2 25 12 18 6 4 8 18 23 8 54
6 Luton Town 34 14 12 8 42 34 17 5 8 4 22 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 8 54
7 Norwich City 34 15 7 12 48 37 18 8 4 6 27 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 11 52
8 Watford 34 13 11 10 41 38 16 8 4 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 50
9 Sunderland 34 13 10 11 49 38 16 6 5 5 21 17 18 7 5 6 28 21 11 49
10 Coventry City 34 13 10 11 37 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 16 4 5 7 14 18 3 49
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 13 9 11 44 36 17 8 5 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 8 48
12 Preston North End 34 12 10 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 16 8 4 4 18 16 -8 46
13 Bristol City 33 11 11 11 43 41 18 7 5 6 22 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 2 44
14 Reading 33 13 5 15 38 48 16 10 3 3 27 18 17 3 2 12 11 30 -10 44
15 Swansea City 34 11 10 13 47 51 17 7 3 7 27 25 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 43
16 Hull City 34 11 9 14 38 48 17 6 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -10 42
17 Stoke City 34 11 7 16 39 41 17 5 4 8 20 19 17 6 3 8 19 22 -2 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 34 10 9 15 35 49 17 5 4 8 19 26 17 5 5 7 16 23 -14 39
19 Birmingham City 34 10 8 16 38 46 18 5 5 8 20 21 16 5 3 8 18 25 -8 38
20 Rotherham United 34 8 13 13 37 46 16 6 5 5 26 20 18 2 8 8 11 26 -9 37
21 Cardiff City 34 9 8 17 25 38 17 5 5 7 13 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -13 35
22 Huddersfield Town 33 8 7 18 30 47 16 6 3 7 16 16 17 2 4 11 14 31 -17 31
23 Blackpool 34 7 10 17 33 51 16 4 5 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 31
24 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 30 52 17 3 4 10 12 30 16 4 6 6 18 22 -22 31

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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.