Pre-match info: 8 points split the contenders before this game, Sunderland the sharpest side. Can Fleetwood Town strike back?
- Fleetwood Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sunderland is in the best form (5-0-1)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Fleetwood Town form and stats
Only two League One home games for Fleetwood Town so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Fleetwood, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rotherham United away with the result 4-2. Callum Morton, Danny Andrew and Callum Camps found the net in that victory. Midfielder Callum Camps was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Camps scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit two key passes. A goal frenzy last time out for Fleetwood Town, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Rotherham United. Fun stuff to watch!
Ahead of that match, Fleetwood Town won a home game hosting Leicester U21 (4-1).Fleetwood Town has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Sunderland form and stats
Things could have gone better for Sunderland in their League One away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Sunderland had fun at their own home (Highbury Stadium) last time out, beating Accrington Stanley 2-1. Daniel Neil and Carl Winchester scored. Midfielder Daniel Neil was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Neil scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Wycombe Wanderers.Sunderland have another fixture away from home in just three nights, a Carabao Cup match versus Wigan Athletic. A gruelling programme for the guests!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sunderland has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - four - one (Fleetwood Town wins - draws - Sunderland wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 4 goals |   D. Andrew 2 goals | C. Camps 2 goals |
Fleetwood Town missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Fleetwood Town | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 4 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 6.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 30% |
- Fleetwood Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Fleetwood Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sunderland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Oxford United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 1 |