Sunderland should be probable winners of this home fixture versus Morecambe, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we looking at a possible?
- Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in League One
- Morecambe have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in League One
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sunderland and Morecambe.
Sunderland form and stats
Sunderland have performed here at Stadium of Light this season with 7 wins from 9 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sunderland, who played 1-1 against Oxford United. That match was also played at this venue (Stadium of Light). Leon Dajaku (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.71/10. Dajaku scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was the home EFL Trophy game against Oldham Athletic that was lost 0-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Sunderland as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Plymouth Argyle are visiting.
Sunderland have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadium of Light with 17 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Sunderland have conceded only 5 goals.
Morecambe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Morecambe so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Morecambe, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Buxton in the FA Cup last time out. Cole Stockton, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.0. Stockton scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The game before that, in the League One, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Milton Keynes Dons.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Morecambe manager S. Robinson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Portsmouth.
Morecambe has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. Morecambe have conceded 20 goals in these games. Morecambe has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Sunderland-Morecambe H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Sunderland two wins, Morecambe zero wins, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Stockton 13 goals |   R. Stewart 10 goals |  A. Phillips 5 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Sunderland | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 31 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 24 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 63% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 63% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 21% |
| 53% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 63% |
| 26% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 15.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 12.4 | 10.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 40% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | 43% |
| 13.3 | 12.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.2 | 14.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | 4.7 |
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in League One
- Morecambe 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 the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in League One
- 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 | Rotherham United | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 27 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 15 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 13 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 12 |