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Competition: England League One
Date: Thu 16.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)

A key match in League One as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 4th position and the visitors placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Portsmouth form and stats

When playing at home, Portsmouth have managed 12 wins, 7 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 23 games.

In their previous game, the manager K. Jackett led his Portsmouth to a defeat in the League One match away at Sunderland. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. In the match before that, Portsmouth hosted Accrington Stanley and drew the game 1-1.

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 Portsmouth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 2 Lost 2.

Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 42 goals in 23 matches. Portsmouth have only conceded 22 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sunderland form and stats

10-9-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sunderland in their matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sunderland are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Sunderland are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the League One against Portsmouth. Prior to that match, the Sunderland manager J. Ross faced defeat when travelling to Southend United and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sunderland playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were 0 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Sunderland are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 34 away goals from 23 games. It's not easy to score on Sunderland as they have only conceded 22 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sunderland - Portsmouth 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 4 - 1 (Portsmouth wins - draws - Sunderland wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Lowe
15 goals / 3 assists
B. Pitman
11 goals / 1 assists
R. Curtis
11 goals / 2 assists

Portsmouth missing players

Sunderland missing players

Portsmouth Sunderland
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
47 23 6 Played 6 23 47
25 12 2 Won 1 10 23
13 7 2 Drew 5 9 19
9 4 2 Lost 0 4 5
83 42 7 Scored 5 34 81
52 22 7 Conceded 4 22 47
96% 96% 83% Over 0.5 83% 96% 98%
83% 83% 67% Over 1.5 67% 87% 87%
53% 48% 50% Over 2.5 0% 43% 45%
28% 30% 17% Over 3.5 0% 13% 19%
19% 17% 17% Over 4.5 0% 4% 11%
68% 61% 67% BTTS 67% 70% 70%
23% 30% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 30% 30%
13% 13% 17% Failed To Score 17% 4% 2%
 
5.6 6.5 6.8 Corners For (avg) 6.7 5.9 5.8
4.3 3.7 5 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.2 4.9
1.5 1.2 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 3 7

Portsmouth
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
06-04-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 3 Portsmouth
13-04-19 LO Portsmouth 4 - 1 Rochdale
19-04-19 LO Burton Albion 1 - 2 Portsmouth
22-04-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 1 Coventry City
27-04-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Portsmouth
30-04-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 3 Peterborough United
04-05-19 LO Portsmouth 1 - 1 Accrington Stanley
11-05-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 0 Portsmouth
16-05-19 LO Portsmouth 18:45 Sunderland
13-07-19 CF Havant & Waterlooville 14:00 Portsmouth
Sunderland
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
06-04-19 LO Rochdale 1 - 2 Sunderland
09-04-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Burton Albion
13-04-19 LO Sunderland 4 - 5 Coventry City
19-04-19 LO Sunderland 2 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
22-04-19 LO Peterborough United 1 - 1 Sunderland
27-04-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Portsmouth
30-04-19 LO Fleetwood Town 2 - 1 Sunderland
04-05-19 LO Southend United 2 - 1 Sunderland
11-05-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 0 Portsmouth
16-05-19 LO Portsmouth 18:45 Sunderland

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 46 27 13 6 90 42 23 16 7 0 57 19 23 11 6 6 33 23 48 94
2 Barnsley 46 26 13 7 80 39 23 15 8 0 40 16 23 11 5 7 40 23 41 91
3 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 73 40 23 16 5 2 41 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 33 88
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 23 12 7 4 42 22 23 13 6 4 41 29 32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 23 12 10 1 46 25 23 10 9 4 34 22 33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 23 13 7 3 45 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 23 9 7 7 31 28 23 11 5 7 40 34 9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 23 9 7 7 24 20 23 9 4 10 30 34 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 23 11 5 7 35 23 23 6 7 10 31 34 9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 7 9 7 22 26 -2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 23 9 9 5 33 27 23 7 4 12 25 25 6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 23 11 4 8 34 27 23 4 11 8 24 37 -6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 23 8 6 9 34 36 -11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 23 7 6 10 26 33 23 7 7 9 25 34 -16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 23 6 6 11 24 28 23 7 9 7 23 22 -3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 23 8 4 11 25 37 23 7 5 11 29 50 -33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 23 10 5 8 28 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 23 8 9 6 25 25 23 4 7 12 26 34 -8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 23 8 2 13 32 34 23 6 6 11 23 34 -13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 23 7 6 10 18 26 -21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 11 22 56 80 23 9 6 8 36 38 23 4 5 14 20 42 -24 50
22 Walsall 46 12 11 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 23 5 6 12 19 34 -22 47
23 Scunthorpe United 46 12 10 24 53 83 23 6 7 10 31 42 23 6 3 14 22 41 -30 46
24 Bradford City 46 11 8 27 49 77 23 7 4 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 41

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