In this article Tipsway presents you need to know about the League One game Portsmouth - Sunderland!
- Portsmouth is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sunderland is in the best form (5-1-0)
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Portsmouth and Sunderland.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth have played 4 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Portsmouth will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League One game against Burton Albion (placed 10th). Midfielder Mahlon Romeo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Romeo hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
2-2 away at Charlton Athletic before that.Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fratton Park with 6 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Portsmouth have conceded 4 goals.
Sunderland form and stats
Sunderland are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
The Sunderland goalkeeper Ron-Torben Hoffmann is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Ross Stewart (2), Leon Dajaku, Bailey Wright and Luke O'Nien secured the home win 5-0 against Cheltenham Town in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Sunderland was very dominant against Cheltenham Town, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Ross Stewart (2), Leon Dajaku, Bailey Wright and Luke O'Nien providing the goals. Attacker Ross Stewart got a player rating of 8.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Stewart scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Bolton Wanderers.Sunderland have another fixture away from home in just three sleeps, a EFL Trophy fixture versus Lincoln City. A rough diary for the guests!
Sunderland have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Sunderland have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Portsmouth, four draws and three wins for Sunderland. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 7 goals |  C. Winchester 3 goals |  L. Brown 2 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Portsmouth | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 20% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 56% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| 5.3 | 6.8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 10.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 15 | 15.4 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| 32% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 35% |
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portsmouth have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Portsmouth have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Portsmouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Portsmouth is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sunderland have the the best goal difference (+11) in League One
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 8 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 4 |