Match preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Sunderland take on Fleetwood Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 08.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

Sunderland greet Fleetwood Town with faith in winning all three points. Can they? Check our match preview!

Insights:
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's no vacation for neither Sunderland nor Fleetwood Town 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.

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Sunderland form and stats

Sunderland have performed here at Stadium of Light this season with 11 wins from 17 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 4.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Sunderland, as their goalkeeper Anthony Patterson has completely shut out the opponents for 217 minutes in the League One.

The Sunderland coach Neil and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Charlton Athletic (placed 16th). Midfielder Pritchard was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Pritchard hit six key passes.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Wigan Athletic and winning 3-0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sunderland, as the League One home game vs Crewe Alexandra is only four days away.

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 14 from 17 matches.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fleetwood Town so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-8 (win-draw-lose).

Fleetwood Town have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 229 minutes ago. Lane was the goal scorer.

Fleetwood Town's previous game was their home loss versus Ipswich Town (0-2). Midfielder Andrew was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.25. Andrew hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wigan Athletic wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Burton Albion.

The visiting Fleetwood have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 17 games. Fleetwood Town's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 33 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Fleetwood Town - Sunderland 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Sunderland one win, five draws and Fleetwood Town two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
22 goals
Fleetwood TownG. Garner
G. Garner
7 goals
Fleetwood TownD. Andrew
D. Andrew
6 goals

Sunderland missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 17 4 Played P 6 17 34
17 11 2 Won W 1 2 7
9 2 0 Drew D 2 7 12
10 4 2 Lost L 3 8 15
61 34 8 Scored S 9 21 47
47 14 5 Conceded C 12 33 60
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
83% 76% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 82% 82%
64% 59% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 59%
31% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 41% 35%
17% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 24% 24%
56% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 65% 62%
31% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 15%
17% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 26%
 
6.2 6.7 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.2 4.2
4.6 4.1 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.9 5.3
2.1 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
14.2 15.2 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 8.9 10.6
5 5.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3.9
34% 37% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 36% 36%
 
12.1 11.1 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 13.1 13
3.8 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 4.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 36 20 9 7 59 36 17 9 4 4 22 15 19 11 5 3 37 21 23 69
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
6 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
7 Sunderland 36 17 9 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 27 33 14 60
8 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 8 9 56 39 16 9 3 4 22 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 17 59
9 Ipswich Town 36 15 11 10 55 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 16 56
10 Portsmouth 34 15 9 10 50 37 18 10 4 4 34 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 13 54
11 Bolton Wanderers 36 16 6 14 58 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 54
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 35 10 14 11 48 56 19 8 6 5 26 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -8 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 34 10 8 16 40 47 19 5 4 10 19 25 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 38
19 Fleetwood Town 34 7 12 15 47 60 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 2 7 8 21 33 -13 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 6 15 14 39 54 17 2 11 4 21 24 18 4 4 10 18 30 -15 33
21 Morecambe 35 7 10 18 44 66 18 5 7 6 26 29 17 2 3 12 18 37 -22 31
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 35 6 7 22 29 63 17 4 4 9 16 29 18 2 3 13 13 34 -34 25

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 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 36 20 9 7 59 36 17 9 4 4 22 15 19 11 5 3 37 21 23 69
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
6 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
7 Sunderland 36 17 9 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 27 33 14 60
8 Plymouth Argyle 34 17 8 9 56 39 16 9 3 4 22 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 17 59
9 Ipswich Town 36 15 11 10 55 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 16 56
10 Portsmouth 34 15 9 10 50 37 18 10 4 4 34 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 13 54
11 Bolton Wanderers 36 16 6 14 58 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 54
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 35 10 14 11 48 56 19 8 6 5 26 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -8 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 34 10 8 16 40 47 19 5 4 10 19 25 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 38
19 Fleetwood Town 34 7 12 15 47 60 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 2 7 8 21 33 -13 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 6 15 14 39 54 17 2 11 4 21 24 18 4 4 10 18 30 -15 33
21 Morecambe 35 7 10 18 44 66 18 5 7 6 26 29 17 2 3 12 18 37 -22 31
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 35 6 7 22 29 63 17 4 4 9 16 29 18 2 3 13 13 34 -34 25

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