Sunderland are chasing the top league places while Charlton Athletic are more concerned with steering clear of relegation. May the best team win!
- Sunderland have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in League One
- Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Sunderland nor Charlton Athletic 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.
Sunderland form and stats
Home games in the League One have been a walk in the park for Sunderland so far, with 18 points won from 6 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Sunderland has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadium of Light. We remember; it was Wigan Athletic.
Sunderland enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Crewe Alexandra's place. The match ended 4-0 with Ross Stewart (2) and Leon Dajaku scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sunderland played a great game against Crewe Alexandra and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The versatile forward Ross Stewart edged out all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.72 out of 10. Stewart scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Gillingham with a 2-1 scoreline.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 seven wins, two draws and two defeats (from eleven games).
There will be little rest for Sunderland after this match as they are travelling to Queens Park Rangers for a Carabao Cup game in only three days.
The Sunderland manager L. Johnson has got the team scoring with 14 from 6 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Sunderland have only let in 3 goals at home.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
There's been little loot from Charlton Athletic's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the League One. Charlton Athletic only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Charlton failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Accrington Stanley (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Charlton Athletic keeper Craig MacGillivray was glad for a brilliant day's work against Accrington Stanley, but despite making six saves the defeat could not be stopped. Midfield player Alex Gilbey was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.33/10. Gilbey dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Lincoln City before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Charlton Athletic playing away, we found five games. Results were two away wins, one draw and two home wins.
Charlton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Charlton Athletic's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last seven meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Sunderland, two draws and four wins for Charlton Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 9 goals |   J. Stockley 4 goals |  C. Winchester 3 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Charlton Athletic missing players
| Sunderland | Charlton Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 77% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 5.5 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 15.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10 | 11.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 33% |
- All of Charlton Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Charlton Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Charlton Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in League One
- Sunderland have won all their matches at home 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 17 | Portsmouth | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -15 | 7 |