Football betting preview: Sunderland favourites when Burton Albion visits

Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 09.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (49000 seats)

It's advantage Sunderland so far with their 3rd position in the League One table, welcoming Burton Albion who are placed 10th.

It's no vacation for neither Sunderland nor Burton Albion as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sunderland form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadium of Light as Sunderland have scored 38 goals to get 41 points from 19 games. The overall stats are 11-8-0 (wins-draws-losses). Sunderland haven’t lost a game in 22 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Portsmouth. The Sunderland fans aren't used to losing here at Stadium of Light and will expect new points from this game. Sunderland has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Sunderland are returning here after visiting Rochdale in a League One game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Accrington Stanley.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sunderland as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Coventry City are visiting.

The Sunderland manager J. Ross has got the team scoring with 38 from 19 home games. Sunderland have only conceded 18 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Burton Albion form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Burton Albion are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the League One against Barnsley. A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs Accrington Stanley.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Scunthorpe United.

Burton Albion have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, 19 away games. As opposed to that, Burton Albion have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Burton Albion - Sunderland 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Sunderland won 1 game, 0 matches ended with a draw and Burton Albion has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

A. McGeady
11 goals
L. Akins
10 goals / 2 assists
L. Boyce
9 goals / 2 assists

Sunderland missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Sunderland Burton Albion
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 18 Played 19 39
67 36 Scored 24 55
34 17 Conceded 27 45
97% 100% Over 0.5 89% 87%
87% 89% Over 1.5 79% 72%
45% 50% Over 2.5 58% 56%
21% 28% Over 3.5 37% 28%
11% 17% Over 4.5 5% 8%
68% 72% Both teams to score 58% 56%
32% 28% Clean Sheet 21% 31%
3% 0% Failed To Score 32% 26%
Key stats this season:
  • Sunderland hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Burton Albion is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Sunderland is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
  • Sunderland has scored in all of their 18 home matches.

  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 41 25 12 4 80 34 21 15 6 0 52 16 20 10 6 4 28 18 46 87
2 Barnsley 41 22 13 6 68 33 20 12 8 0 32 12 21 10 5 6 36 21 35 79
3 Sunderland 39 21 16 2 69 35 19 11 8 0 38 18 20 10 8 2 31 17 34 79
4 Portsmouth 40 22 11 7 71 43 19 10 6 3 33 16 21 12 5 4 38 27 28 77
5 Charlton Athletic 40 21 10 9 58 37 20 13 5 2 30 14 20 8 5 7 28 23 21 73
6 Doncaster Rovers 41 18 12 11 69 52 20 11 7 2 40 19 21 7 5 9 29 33 17 66
7 Peterborough United 40 17 10 13 62 54 21 8 6 7 27 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 8 61
8 Blackpool 41 14 16 11 47 45 20 7 8 5 26 21 21 7 8 6 21 24 2 58
9 Coventry City 40 16 9 15 45 45 20 8 5 7 21 19 20 8 4 8 24 26 0 57
10 Burton Albion 40 15 11 14 56 47 21 10 5 6 32 20 19 5 6 8 24 27 9 56
11 Fleetwood Town 40 15 11 14 52 43 20 8 7 5 30 25 20 7 4 9 22 18 9 56
12 Oxford United 41 13 13 15 50 56 20 10 2 8 30 24 21 3 11 7 20 32 -6 52
13 Gillingham 41 13 9 19 54 66 20 6 4 10 24 31 21 7 5 9 30 35 -12 48
14 Shrewsbury Town 41 11 14 16 45 53 21 8 8 5 23 22 20 3 6 11 22 31 -8 47
15 Plymouth Argyle 41 12 11 18 51 65 21 8 6 7 33 33 20 4 5 11 18 32 -14 47
16 Bristol Rovers 40 11 12 17 41 45 20 4 6 10 19 24 20 7 6 7 22 21 -4 45
17 Accrington Stanley 40 11 12 17 41 59 19 5 6 8 19 27 21 6 6 9 22 32 -18 45
18 Scunthorpe United 41 12 9 20 49 70 20 6 6 8 29 36 21 6 3 12 20 34 -21 45
19 Wycombe Wanderers 40 11 11 18 50 63 20 8 5 7 26 25 20 3 6 11 24 38 -13 44
20 Southend United 41 12 7 22 49 61 20 6 2 12 27 29 21 6 5 10 22 32 -12 43
21 AFC Wimbledon 41 12 7 22 37 59 21 5 4 12 21 35 20 7 3 10 16 24 -22 43
22 Walsall 41 11 9 21 44 67 21 6 4 11 26 36 20 5 5 10 18 31 -23 42
23 Rochdale 40 11 9 20 49 79 21 6 4 11 23 37 19 5 5 9 26 42 -30 42
24 Bradford City 41 10 6 25 43 69 21 7 2 12 24 30 20 3 4 13 19 39 -26 36

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