Balanced ball game between Sunderland and Charlton Athletic expected

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England League One
Date: Sun 26.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wembley Stadium (90000 seats)

The managers J. Ross and L. Bowyer are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League One league table.

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.

D W L L D

Sunderland form and stats

Sunderland are steadily winning games and points here at Wembley Stadium. 12 wins, 10 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 23 games.

Sunderland drew their last game, 0-0 away at Portsmouth. Ahead of that match, Sunderland won a home game hosting Portsmouth (1-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sunderland have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 3 Lost 6.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (46 in 23 games), Sunderland's attacking play is working. Sunderland's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 25 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

L W W W W

Charlton Athletic form and stats

The visitors are W10-D5-L8 on the road this term. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Charlton Athletic are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The manager L. Bowyer was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Wembley Stadium. Charlton Athletic suffered a 2-3 loss to Doncaster Rovers. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Doncaster Rovers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Charlton Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 Charlton Athletic wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats.

Charlton Athletic are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 32 away goals from 23 games. 25 goals have been conceded by Charlton Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Charlton Athletic - Sunderland 1-1. Sunderland-Charlton Athletic H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Sunderland 1 win, Charlton Athletic 2 wins, 1 draw. 2 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

T. Stevenson
3 goals
A. McGeady
2 goals / 1 assists

Sunderland missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Sunderland Charlton Athletic
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
48 24 7 Played 7 24 48
23 13 3 Won 2 11 27
20 10 3 Drew 3 5 10
5 1 1 Lost 2 8 11
81 47 15 Scored 9 34 77
47 25 11 Conceded 9 26 44
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 86% 92% 92%
85% 88% 86% Over 1.5 86% 79% 79%
44% 46% 43% Over 2.5 71% 54% 52%
19% 25% 43% Over 3.5 14% 8% 17%
10% 17% 29% Over 4.5 0% 4% 6%
69% 71% 71% BTTS 86% 58% 56%
31% 29% 29% Clean Sheets 14% 33% 38%
4% 0% 0% Failed To Score 14% 17% 15%
 
5.9 5.8 3.4 Corners For (avg) 5.5 6.2 6.3
4.9 4.6 5.1 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 6.2 5.5
1.6 1.5 1.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 2.4 1.9
7 4 3 Red Cards 1 4 6
Key stats this season:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sunderland have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Sunderland
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
09-04-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Burton Albion
13-04-19 LO Sunderland 4 - 5 Coventry City
19-04-19 LO Sunderland 2 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
22-04-19 LO Peterborough United 1 - 1 Sunderland
27-04-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Portsmouth
30-04-19 LO Fleetwood Town 2 - 1 Sunderland
04-05-19 LO Southend United 2 - 1 Sunderland
11-05-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 0 Portsmouth
16-05-19 LO Portsmouth 0 - 0 Sunderland
26-05-19 LO Sunderland 14:00 Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
06-04-19 LO Plymouth Argyle 0 - 2 Charlton Athletic
09-04-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 0 - 1 Charlton Athletic
13-04-19 LO Charlton Athletic 3 - 1 Luton Town
19-04-19 LO Oxford United 2 - 1 Charlton Athletic
22-04-19 LO Charlton Athletic 4 - 0 Scunthorpe United
27-04-19 LO Gillingham 0 - 2 Charlton Athletic
04-05-19 LO Charlton Athletic 4 - 0 Rochdale
12-05-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic
17-05-19 LO Charlton Athletic 1 - 2 Doncaster Rovers
26-05-19 LO Sunderland 14:00 Charlton Athletic

  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 46 27 13 6 90 42 23 16 7 0 57 19 23 11 6 6 33 23 48 94
2 Barnsley 46 26 13 7 80 39 23 15 8 0 40 16 23 11 5 7 40 23 41 91
3 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 73 40 23 16 5 2 41 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 33 88
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 23 12 7 4 42 22 23 13 6 4 41 29 32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 23 12 10 1 46 25 23 10 9 4 34 22 33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 23 13 7 3 45 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 23 9 7 7 31 28 23 11 5 7 40 34 9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 23 9 7 7 24 20 23 9 4 10 30 34 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 23 11 5 7 35 23 23 6 7 10 31 34 9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 7 9 7 22 26 -2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 23 9 9 5 33 27 23 7 4 12 25 25 6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 23 11 4 8 34 27 23 4 11 8 24 37 -6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 23 8 6 9 34 36 -11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 23 7 6 10 26 33 23 7 7 9 25 34 -16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 23 6 6 11 24 28 23 7 9 7 23 22 -3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 23 8 4 11 25 37 23 7 5 11 29 50 -33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 23 10 5 8 28 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 23 8 9 6 25 25 23 4 7 12 26 34 -8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 23 8 2 13 32 34 23 6 6 11 23 34 -13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 23 7 6 10 18 26 -21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 11 22 56 80 23 9 6 8 36 38 23 4 5 14 20 42 -24 50
22 Walsall 46 12 11 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 23 5 6 12 19 34 -22 47
23 Scunthorpe United 46 12 10 24 53 83 23 6 7 10 31 42 23 6 3 14 22 41 -30 46
24 Bradford City 46 11 8 27 49 77 23 7 4 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 41

Editor’s Pick

More from England - League One