Open game expected at Stadium of Light: Sunderland vs Portsmouth preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (49000 seats)

The Sunderland manager J. Ross attacks this game with the team placed 10th so far. In the visitors dressing room Portsmouth and their manager K. Jackett are in 15th place before this match.

It's no vacation for neither Sunderland nor Portsmouth 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

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sunderland's two home games so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadium of Light.

Sunderland's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Portsmouth. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory in the Carabao Cup match versus Accrington Stanley with a 3-1 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sunderland have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 4.

Early season goal statistics from Sunderland's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

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Portsmouth form and stats

No points yet away for Portsmouth, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Portsmouth have lost on their last two travels.

Portsmouth play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Sunderland. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Tranmere Rovers.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Portsmouth in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Portsmouth, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Portsmouth has managed 1 goal and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sunderland - Portsmouth 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sunderland 2 wins, 5 draws and Portsmouth 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Gooch
2 goals
C. Maguire
1 goals
J. Willis
1 goals

Sunderland missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Sunderland Portsmouth
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
3 2 1 Played 1 2 3
1 1 0 Won 0 0 1
2 1 1 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 1 2 2
4 3 1 Scored 0 1 3
3 2 1 Conceded 1 3 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 100% 50% 33%
 
3 4 6 Corners For (avg) 10 7.5 6.7
5.7 4.5 4 Corners Against (avg) 1 1.5 1.7
1.3 1.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 2.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Sunderland Last season Portsmouth
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
49 24 8 Played 8 24 48
23 13 4 Won 2 13 25
20 10 3 Drew 3 6 14
6 1 1 Lost 3 5 9
82 47 17 Scored 8 41 83
49 25 12 Conceded 9 30 52
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 88% 96% 94%
86% 88% 88% Over 1.5 62% 83% 81%
45% 46% 50% Over 2.5 38% 58% 52%
18% 25% 38% Over 3.5 12% 25% 27%
10% 17% 25% Over 4.5 12% 21% 19%
69% 71% 75% BTTS 62% 75% 67%
31% 29% 25% Clean Sheets 25% 17% 25%
4% 0% 0% Failed To Score 25% 12% 15%
 
5.8 5.8 3.8 Corners For (avg) 4.2 4.8 5.6
4.9 4.6 5.2 Corners Against (avg) 5 4.9 4.4
1.7 1.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 1.8 1.6
7 4 3 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats last season:
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sunderland have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Sunderland
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
18-07-19 CF Benfica II 0 - 0 Sunderland
03-08-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Oxford United
10-08-19 LO Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Sunderland
13-08-19 CC Accrington Stanley 1 - 3 Sunderland
17-08-19 LO Sunderland 2 - 1 Portsmouth
20-08-19 LO Rochdale 18:45 Sunderland
24-08-19 LO Sunderland 14:00 AFC Wimbledon
28-08-19 CC Burnley 18:45 Sunderland
31-08-19 LO Peterborough United 14:00 Sunderland
07-09-19 LO Sunderland 14:00 Burton Albion
Portsmouth
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
30-07-19 CF Woking 2 - 4 Portsmouth
03-08-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Portsmouth
06-08-19 CC Portsmouth 3 - 0 Birmingham City
10-08-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
17-08-19 LO Sunderland 2 - 1 Portsmouth
20-08-19 LO Portsmouth 18:45 Coventry City
24-08-19 LO Portsmouth 11:30 Rotherham United
28-08-19 CC Queens Park Rangers 18:45 Portsmouth
31-08-19 LO Blackpool 14:00 Portsmouth
03-09-19 EFL Portsmouth 18:45 Crawley Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 9
2 Blackpool 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
4 Coventry City 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Fleetwood Town 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 6
7 Doncaster Rovers 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
8 Ipswich Town 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
9 Rochdale 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
10 Sunderland 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
11 Oxford United 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
12 Shrewsbury Town 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
14 Milton Keynes Dons 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
15 Portsmouth 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
16 Burton Albion 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
17 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 AFC Wimbledon 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
19 Accrington Stanley 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
20 Peterborough United 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
21 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 1
22 Bolton Wanderers 3 0 1 2 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 1
24 Southend United 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 46 27 13 6 90 42 23 16 7 0 57 19 23 11 6 6 33 23 48 94
2 Barnsley 46 26 13 7 80 39 23 15 8 0 40 16 23 11 5 7 40 23 41 91
3 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 73 40 23 16 5 2 41 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 33 88
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 23 12 7 4 42 22 23 13 6 4 41 29 32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 23 12 10 1 46 25 23 10 9 4 34 22 33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 23 13 7 3 45 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 23 9 7 7 31 28 23 11 5 7 40 34 9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 23 9 7 7 24 20 23 9 4 10 30 34 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 23 11 5 7 35 23 23 6 7 10 31 34 9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 7 9 7 22 26 -2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 23 9 9 5 33 27 23 7 4 12 25 25 6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 23 11 4 8 34 27 23 4 11 8 24 37 -6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 23 8 6 9 34 36 -11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 23 7 6 10 26 33 23 7 7 9 25 34 -16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 23 6 6 11 24 28 23 7 9 7 23 22 -3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 23 8 4 11 25 37 23 7 5 11 29 50 -33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 23 10 5 8 28 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 23 8 9 6 25 25 23 4 7 12 26 34 -8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 23 8 2 13 32 34 23 6 6 11 23 34 -13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 23 7 6 10 18 26 -21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 11 22 56 80 23 9 6 8 36 38 23 4 5 14 20 42 -24 50
22 Walsall 46 12 11 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 23 5 6 12 19 34 -22 47
23 Scunthorpe United 46 12 10 24 53 83 23 6 7 10 31 42 23 6 3 14 22 41 -30 46
24 Bradford City 46 11 8 27 49 77 23 7 4 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 41

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