The home team, Sunderland, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but Cheltenham Town have shown both smartness and mettle. Learn more about the game!
- Sunderland have the most points (15) at home in League One
- Cheltenham Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
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.
Sunderland form and stats
The complete League One stats playing at home this season for Sunderland are 5-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Wigan Athletic game Sunderland has been unbeatable here at Stadium of Light producing five straight wins.
The Sunderland supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Bolton Wanderers in League One and win 1-0. Defender Carl Winchester got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.13/10. Winchester scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 10 duels.
Before that match, a Carabao Cup win away at Wigan Athletic.There will be little rest for Sunderland after this match as they are travelling to Portsmouth for a League One game in only four days.
The Sunderland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Sunderland are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadium of Light in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cheltenham Town playing as the away team in the League One this season.
Cheltenham are travelling again after losing away to Wigan Athletic in their previous match (0-2). Liam Sercombe got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, top player of the team. Sercombe hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Preston North End's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rotherham United in just four days.
The visiting Cheltenham Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. Cheltenham's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 5 goals |  C. Winchester 3 goals |  C. Wright 3 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Sunderland | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 78% |
| 25% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 11% |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 14.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 30% |
- All of Cheltenham Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cheltenham Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 most points (15) at home in League One
- Sunderland have the the best goal difference (+6) 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 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 18 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 21 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
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