It's advantage Sunderland so far with their 6th position in the League One table, welcoming Doncaster Rovers who are placed 9th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sunderland form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadium of Light as Sunderland have scored 25 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the League One are 7-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadium of Light.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin not having conceded a league goal in 204 minutes.
A strong away win for Sunderland against Milton Keynes Dons the last match, as Lynden Gooch were on target. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Wycombe Wanderers.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sunderland handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D5-L0.
Sunderland are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Tranmere Rovers awaits in four days.
Sunderland have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadium of Light with 25 goals in 13 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 10 from 13 matches.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
3-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Doncaster Rovers in their League One matches away. Doncaster Rovers love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Coventry City with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Bristol Rovers.
Doncaster Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.
After this away game Doncaster Rovers return home for a League One game against Southend United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Doncaster Rovers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. As opposed to that, Doncaster Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Doncaster Rovers - Sunderland 1-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 3 - 0 - 0 (Sunderland wins - draws - Doncaster Rovers wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Maguire 9 goals |  L. Gooch 8 goals |   K. Sadlier 8 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Doncaster Rovers missing players
| Sunderland | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 36 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 36 |
| 24 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 96% |
| 76% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 79% |
| 44% | 54% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | 42% |
| 20% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| 60% | 69% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 54% |
| 20% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 24% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 33% | 21% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 301 | 159 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 133 | 359 |
| 95 | 56 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 38 | 111 |
| 38% | 45% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 39% | 32% |
- Doncaster Rovers has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
- Doncaster Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8)
- Doncaster Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 47 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 45 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 44 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 41 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 40 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 39 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 36 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 35 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 34 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -3 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -13 | 28 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 27 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 25 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -17 | 22 |
| 22 | Southend United | 26 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 32 | -37 | 13 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 34 | -35 | 7 |