A total of 18 sets of games are played and both Sunderland and Oxford United are doing great. Bring it on!
- Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in League One
- Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Sunderland saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the EFL Trophy. This match was also played here at Stadium of Light. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Oxford United have had more rest.
Sunderland form and stats
7-0-1 is the performance here at Stadium of Light so far in the League One, giving Sunderland a total of 21 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!
Sunderland's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Oldham Athletic.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cambridge United and winning 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Sunderland perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sunderland as a small favourite), we find three games. Sunderland has won one of these, drawn two and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sunderland, as the League One home game vs Morecambe is only three days away.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Sunderland's attacking play is working. Sunderland have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Oxford United form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Oxford United in their League One matches away.
There were no winners in Oxford United's previous match, a League One home game that ended 0-0 vs Rotherham United (placed 1st). Luke McNally, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.01. McNally won 11 of 12 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Fleetwood Town.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Oxford in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Oxford United, three draws and two defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Doncaster Rovers.
Oxford have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Oxford United have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Sunderland three wins, four draws and Oxford United zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 10 goals |   J. Henry 6 goals |  M. Taylor 6 goals |
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| Sunderland | Oxford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 29 |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 78% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 72% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 39% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 28% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 28% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 22% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 15.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15.1 | 14.2 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 34% | 40% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 32% |
| 13.5 | 12.6 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
- Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals (4) 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 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 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 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 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 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 24 |
| 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 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 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 |
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