Delightful dogfight as daring Sunderland duels with determined Milton Keynes Dons

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (49000 seats)

It's advantage Sunderland so far with their 5th position in the League One table, welcoming Milton Keynes Dons who are placed 15th.

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.

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Sunderland form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Sunderland are 2-2-0 (wins-draw-losses).

Happy days for Sunderland in their previous game, a Carabao Cup match away at Sheffield United that ended with a 1-0 victory. A 1-1 draw away in the League One before that, with Bolton Wanderers the opponent.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sunderland's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won 1 match, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Sunderland have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadium of Light with 7 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Sunderland have conceded 4 goals.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

Things could have gone better for Milton Keynes Dons in their League One away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Milton Keynes Dons failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Liverpool that ended with defeat 0-2. A loss against Southend United was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.

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 Milton Keynes Dons playing away, we found one game. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 0 home wins.

A quick return to home after this game, as Milton Keynes Dons are hosting Fulham U21 in the EFL Trophy only three days away.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Milton Keynes Dons are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Milton Keynes Dons have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 2 Sunderland victories, 0 draws and 0 Milton Keynes Dons wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Maguire
4 goals / 1 assists
L. Gooch
3 goals
A. McGeady
3 goals / 2 assists

Sunderland missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Sunderland Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 3 9
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 4
4 2 2 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
14 7 2 Scored S 5 6 11
11 4 2 Conceded C 3 5 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 11%
89% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 44%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 22%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.8 5.5 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4 5.3
4.3 3.8 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 8 5.8
2.4 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.7 1.2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Milton Keynes Dons's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Sunderland's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sunderland have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sunderland have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sunderland have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sunderland
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LO Peterborough United 3 - 0 Sunderland
14-09-19 LO Accrington Stanley 1 - 3 Sunderland
17-09-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Rotherham United
21-09-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Sunderland
25-09-19 CC Sheffield United 0 - 1 Sunderland
28-09-19 LO Sunderland 14:00 Milton Keynes Dons
05-10-19 LO Lincoln City 14:00 Sunderland
08-10-19 EFL Sunderland 18:45 Grimsby Town
12-10-19 LO Sunderland 14:00 Fleetwood Town
19-10-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 14:00 Sunderland
Milton Keynes Dons
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 2 - 1 AFC Wimbledon
14-09-19 LO Blackpool 0 - 3 Milton Keynes Dons
17-09-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 1 Ipswich Town
21-09-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 1 Southend United
25-09-19 CC Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 2 Liverpool
28-09-19 LO Sunderland 14:00 Milton Keynes Dons
01-10-19 EFL Milton Keynes Dons 18:45 Fulham U21
05-10-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 14:00 Burton Albion
12-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Milton Keynes Dons
19-10-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 14:00 Coventry City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 9 6 3 0 16 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 5 4 1 0 10 2 12 21
2 Coventry City 9 5 4 0 15 9 5 5 0 0 9 3 4 0 4 0 6 6 6 19
3 Wycombe Wanderers 10 5 4 1 15 10 6 5 1 0 14 7 4 0 3 1 1 3 5 19
4 Fleetwood Town 9 5 2 2 17 13 5 4 1 0 9 4 4 1 1 2 8 9 4 17
5 Sunderland 9 4 4 1 14 11 4 2 2 0 7 4 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 16
6 Blackpool 10 4 4 2 14 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 2 16
7 Doncaster Rovers 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 4 1 1 10 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 15
8 Bristol Rovers 10 4 3 3 13 12 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 1 15
9 Peterborough United 9 4 2 3 20 10 4 2 1 1 12 5 5 2 1 2 8 5 10 14
10 Lincoln City 10 4 1 5 14 15 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 -1 13
11 Shrewsbury Town 9 3 4 2 9 10 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 1 2 2 4 7 -1 13
12 Oxford United 10 3 3 4 19 15 4 2 1 1 9 7 6 1 2 3 10 8 4 12
13 Rotherham United 8 3 3 2 12 8 4 1 2 1 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 12
14 Burton Albion 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 12
15 Milton Keynes Dons 9 4 0 5 11 13 6 3 0 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 6 5 -2 12
16 Gillingham 9 2 4 3 14 10 5 2 1 2 10 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 10
17 Rochdale 9 2 4 3 10 14 4 0 3 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 7 10 -4 10
18 Tranmere Rovers 9 2 3 4 14 16 5 2 2 1 13 8 4 0 1 3 1 8 -2 9
19 Accrington Stanley 9 1 4 4 11 17 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 0 3 2 5 9 -6 7
20 Portsmouth 7 1 3 3 9 10 3 1 2 0 7 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 -1 6
21 Southend United 9 1 1 7 11 24 4 0 1 3 4 11 5 1 0 4 7 13 -13 4
22 AFC Wimbledon 10 0 3 7 9 18 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 0 0 5 5 11 -9 3
23 Bolton Wanderers 8 0 3 5 2 24 4 0 3 1 1 6 4 0 0 4 1 18 -22 -9

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