League One preview and numbers: Sunderland - Burton Albion at Stadium of Light

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

A peek at the League One table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Check out our Sunderland - Burton Albion preview!

Insights:
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Burton Albion have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sunderland form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 16 League One games here at Stadium of Light for Sunderland. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. The Sunderland manager Neil might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Sunderland crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Milton Keynes Dons here at Stadium of Light. Stewart, an attacker, was the top performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 7.65 (out of 10). Stewart scored one goal.

Before that, Sunderland played out a draw 1-1 when visiting AFC Wimbledon.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sunderland matches with similar probabilities have ended with six wins, one draw and two defeats (from nine games).

Sunderland are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Wigan Athletic awaits in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Sunderland are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Sunderland have conceded only 13 goals.

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Burton Albion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Burton Albion so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Burton have lost on their last two travels.

Burton Albion play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Ipswich Town (placed 9th). Powell got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, top player of the team. Powell hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Bolton Wanderers.

After this away game Burton Albion return home for a League One game against Shrewsbury Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Burton Albion when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Burton have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent match: Burton Albion - Sunderland 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Sunderland two wins, two draws and Burton Albion four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
19 goals
SunderlandN. Broadhead
N. Broadhead
5 goals
Burton AlbionJ. Brayford
J. Brayford
5 goals

Sunderland missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Burton Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 33
16 11 5 Won W 0 4 12
7 1 0 Drew D 0 3 7
10 4 1 Lost L 5 9 14
57 33 11 Scored S 3 13 41
46 13 2 Conceded C 10 24 44
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
85% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 79%
67% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 52%
33% 31% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 24%
18% 19% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
58% 50% 17% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 58%
27% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 18%
15% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 27%
 
6 6.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.9 5.5
4.8 4.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.9 6.1
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.2 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
14 14.8 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 11.5 12.9
4.9 5.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 3.1 3.8
35% 39% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 32%
 
12.5 11.1 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.4 15.3 13.8
3.9 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.1 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Burton Albion have scored away.
  • 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 Rotherham United 32 21 6 5 58 19 16 11 3 2 35 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 69
2 Wigan Athletic 30 19 6 5 53 28 15 9 3 3 23 14 15 10 3 2 30 14 25 63
3 Milton Keynes Dons 33 17 9 7 53 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 17 9 5 3 33 20 18 60
4 Oxford United 33 16 8 9 60 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 16 6 4 6 25 21 19 56
5 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 8 7 54 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 17 8 5 4 34 23 18 56
6 Wycombe Wanderers 32 15 10 7 52 40 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 55
7 Sunderland 33 16 7 10 57 46 16 11 1 4 33 13 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 9 10 52 38 16 8 6 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 51
10 Bolton Wanderers 33 14 6 13 52 44 16 9 4 3 32 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 8 48
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 33 12 7 14 41 44 17 8 4 5 28 20 16 4 3 9 13 24 -3 43
13 Accrington Stanley 32 12 7 13 41 49 17 9 4 4 29 23 15 3 3 9 12 26 -8 43
14 Cambridge United 32 10 11 11 42 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -3 41
15 Cheltenham Town 32 9 13 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 15 2 7 6 22 31 -11 40
16 Charlton Athletic 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 4 3 9 17 22 -2 39
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 6 13 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 16 4 3 9 18 29 -14 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 33 5 11 17 26 55 17 4 4 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 4 23 24 66 17 4 3 10 13 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -42 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

Burton Albion:
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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 Rotherham United 32 21 6 5 58 19 16 11 3 2 35 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 39 69
2 Wigan Athletic 30 19 6 5 53 28 15 9 3 3 23 14 15 10 3 2 30 14 25 63
3 Milton Keynes Dons 33 17 9 7 53 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 17 9 5 3 33 20 18 60
4 Oxford United 33 16 8 9 60 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 16 6 4 6 25 21 19 56
5 Plymouth Argyle 31 16 8 7 54 36 14 8 3 3 20 13 17 8 5 4 34 23 18 56
6 Wycombe Wanderers 32 15 10 7 52 40 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 6 6 4 23 17 12 55
7 Sunderland 33 16 7 10 57 46 16 11 1 4 33 13 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 9 10 52 38 16 8 6 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 51
10 Bolton Wanderers 33 14 6 13 52 44 16 9 4 3 32 18 17 5 2 10 20 26 8 48
11 Portsmouth 30 12 8 10 38 31 15 8 3 4 24 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 7 44
12 Burton Albion 33 12 7 14 41 44 17 8 4 5 28 20 16 4 3 9 13 24 -3 43
13 Accrington Stanley 32 12 7 13 41 49 17 9 4 4 29 23 15 3 3 9 12 26 -8 43
14 Cambridge United 32 10 11 11 42 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -3 41
15 Cheltenham Town 32 9 13 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 15 2 7 6 22 31 -11 40
16 Charlton Athletic 32 11 6 15 41 43 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 4 3 9 17 22 -2 39
17 Lincoln City 31 9 8 14 36 41 17 4 4 9 16 22 14 5 4 5 20 19 -5 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 32 8 10 14 28 33 15 7 4 4 18 14 17 1 6 10 10 19 -5 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 6 13 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 16 4 3 9 18 29 -14 31
21 Morecambe 32 7 9 16 43 61 17 5 6 6 25 28 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 30
22 Gillingham 33 5 11 17 26 55 17 4 4 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 26
23 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 4 23 24 66 17 4 3 10 13 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -42 25
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 7 20 26 58 15 4 4 7 15 25 17 1 3 13 11 33 -32 22

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.