League One: Sunderland expected to win home against Accrington Stanley

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

It's advantage Sunderland so far with their 3rd position in the League One table, welcoming Accrington Stanley who are placed 12th.

Insights:
  • Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in League One
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Sunderland and Accrington Stanley.

The season is still full of potential for Sunderland as they can still win the whole League One. Accrington are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Sunderland form and stats

Sunderland have collected 33 points from their League One home games so far after 9-6-5.

An away draw last time out for Sunderland, facing Hull City in a game that ended 2-2. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Blackpool.

Sunderland are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sunderland, as the League One home game vs Blackpool is only three days away.

Sunderland are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 20 games. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

The visitors are W7-D5-L9 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Impressive finishing from Dion Charles (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Doncaster Rovers in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Rochdale's place.

The end of the last match, against Doncaster Rovers, was very satisfying as Dion Charles scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portsmouth in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Accrington have scored 28 goals in 21 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Accrington struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 39 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Accrington Stanley - Sunderland 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Sunderland four wins, one draw and Accrington Stanley zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandC. Wyke
C. Wyke
24 goals
Accrington StanleyD. Charles
D. Charles
19 goals
Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
8 goals

Sunderland missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 20 7 Played P 6 21 42
19 9 4 Won W 2 7 17
15 6 1 Drew D 2 5 10
8 5 2 Lost L 2 9 15
63 28 13 Scored S 6 28 55
36 20 8 Conceded C 13 39 61
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 88%
76% 75% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 86% 74%
40% 40% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 52%
21% 20% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 29%
2% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 19% 17%
52% 65% 71% BTTS BTTS 33% 52% 50%
43% 30% 29% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 33%
10% 5% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 24% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
13.4 12.8 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12.6 13.6
4.6 4.3 4.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.1
33% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in League One
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Hull City 43 25 8 10 75 35 22 13 4 5 29 13 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 83
2 Peterborough United 42 24 7 11 73 40 21 15 3 3 47 17 21 9 4 8 26 23 33 79
3 Sunderland 42 19 15 8 63 36 20 9 6 5 28 20 22 10 9 3 35 16 27 72
4 Lincoln City 41 21 9 11 63 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 20 12 5 3 29 14 21 72
5 Blackpool 41 19 11 11 53 36 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 9 4 8 26 19 17 68
6 Charlton Athletic 41 18 12 11 63 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 22 12 6 4 33 18 12 66
7 Oxford United 43 19 8 16 67 53 21 11 4 6 32 20 22 8 4 10 35 33 14 65
8 Portsmouth 42 19 8 15 58 46 21 8 5 8 28 23 21 11 3 7 30 23 12 65
9 Gillingham 43 18 8 17 59 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 22 9 4 9 31 29 2 62
10 Milton Keynes Dons 43 17 10 16 58 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 22 8 3 11 27 33 0 61
11 Ipswich Town 42 17 10 15 41 44 21 11 4 6 22 17 21 6 6 9 19 27 -3 61
12 Accrington Stanley 42 17 10 15 55 61 21 10 5 6 27 22 21 7 5 9 28 39 -6 61
13 Doncaster Rovers 41 18 6 17 58 57 21 11 4 6 33 27 20 7 2 11 25 30 1 60
14 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 10 16 49 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 21 7 4 10 21 29 -7 58
15 Fleetwood Town 42 15 11 16 44 37 22 9 7 6 25 16 20 6 4 10 19 21 7 56
16 Plymouth Argyle 43 14 11 18 51 73 22 11 4 7 30 36 21 3 7 11 21 37 -22 53
17 Burton Albion 42 14 10 18 54 65 21 6 3 12 26 39 21 8 7 6 28 26 -11 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 14 15 45 50 20 5 7 8 26 27 21 7 7 7 19 23 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 42 12 12 18 50 64 21 7 4 10 28 33 21 5 8 8 22 31 -14 48
20 Wigan Athletic 43 13 8 22 49 69 21 5 5 11 22 37 22 8 3 11 27 32 -20 47
21 Northampton Town 43 11 10 22 38 61 22 8 5 9 20 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -23 43
22 Rochdale 42 10 12 20 53 72 22 4 9 9 26 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -19 42
23 Swindon Town 43 12 4 27 50 79 22 8 1 13 24 36 21 4 3 14 26 43 -29 40
24 Bristol Rovers 43 10 8 25 40 67 22 7 2 13 23 31 21 3 6 12 17 36 -27 38

Accrington Stanley:
England:
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 Hull City 43 25 8 10 75 35 22 13 4 5 29 13 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 83
2 Peterborough United 42 24 7 11 73 40 21 15 3 3 47 17 21 9 4 8 26 23 33 79
3 Sunderland 42 19 15 8 63 36 20 9 6 5 28 20 22 10 9 3 35 16 27 72
4 Lincoln City 41 21 9 11 63 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 20 12 5 3 29 14 21 72
5 Blackpool 41 19 11 11 53 36 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 9 4 8 26 19 17 68
6 Charlton Athletic 41 18 12 11 63 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 22 12 6 4 33 18 12 66
7 Oxford United 43 19 8 16 67 53 21 11 4 6 32 20 22 8 4 10 35 33 14 65
8 Portsmouth 42 19 8 15 58 46 21 8 5 8 28 23 21 11 3 7 30 23 12 65
9 Gillingham 43 18 8 17 59 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 22 9 4 9 31 29 2 62
10 Milton Keynes Dons 43 17 10 16 58 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 22 8 3 11 27 33 0 61
11 Ipswich Town 42 17 10 15 41 44 21 11 4 6 22 17 21 6 6 9 19 27 -3 61
12 Accrington Stanley 42 17 10 15 55 61 21 10 5 6 27 22 21 7 5 9 28 39 -6 61
13 Doncaster Rovers 41 18 6 17 58 57 21 11 4 6 33 27 20 7 2 11 25 30 1 60
14 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 10 16 49 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 21 7 4 10 21 29 -7 58
15 Fleetwood Town 42 15 11 16 44 37 22 9 7 6 25 16 20 6 4 10 19 21 7 56
16 Plymouth Argyle 43 14 11 18 51 73 22 11 4 7 30 36 21 3 7 11 21 37 -22 53
17 Burton Albion 42 14 10 18 54 65 21 6 3 12 26 39 21 8 7 6 28 26 -11 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 14 15 45 50 20 5 7 8 26 27 21 7 7 7 19 23 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 42 12 12 18 50 64 21 7 4 10 28 33 21 5 8 8 22 31 -14 48
20 Wigan Athletic 43 13 8 22 49 69 21 5 5 11 22 37 22 8 3 11 27 32 -20 47
21 Northampton Town 43 11 10 22 38 61 22 8 5 9 20 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -23 43
22 Rochdale 42 10 12 20 53 72 22 4 9 9 26 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -19 42
23 Swindon Town 43 12 4 27 50 79 22 8 1 13 24 36 21 4 3 14 26 43 -29 40
24 Bristol Rovers 43 10 8 25 40 67 22 7 2 13 23 31 21 3 6 12 17 36 -27 38

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