Sunderland will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Blackpool.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sunderland form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadium of Light as Sunderland have scored 17 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the League One are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager P. Parkinson led his Sunderland to a defeat in the League One match away at Gillingham. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadium of Light. Preceding that match was the home game against Burton Albion that was lost 1-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sunderland have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 1 time, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Sunderland have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadium of Light with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Sunderland have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Blackpool form and stats
Playing away, Blackpool have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 1 defeat in the League One this season. The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
The supporters enjoyed Blackpool's previous game versus Fleetwood Town (placed 9th), a League One 3-1 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Maidstone United.
We have checked recent matches where Blackpool have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W0-D3-L0.
Blackpool have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 9 goals have been conceded by Blackpool in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sunderland-Blackpool H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Sunderland 2 wins, Blackpool 1 win, 1 draw. 1 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 
A. Gnanduillet
11 goals
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C. Maguire
5 goals
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L. Gooch
4 goals
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Sunderland missing players
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| Sunderland | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 67% | 84% |
| 78% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 79% |
| 44% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 32% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 63% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 32% |
| 28% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 1.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 7.7 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 199 | 100 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 88 | 205 |
| 67 | 38 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 32 | 71 |
| 36% | 45% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | 41% |
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sunderland have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 32 |
| 4 | Blackpool | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 8 | Rotherham United | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 17 |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 14 |
| 22 | Southend United | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -37 | 6 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 26 | -27 | 2 |