League One: Sunderland - Rotherham United match guide and numbers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 26.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

Excitement is likely at Stadium of Light when Sunderland meet Rotherham United in what looks to be a first-rate game. Here's the preview!

Insights:
  • Sunderland have the most scored goals (48) at home in League One
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals (32) in League One

Rotherham are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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 Rotherham United.

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Sunderland form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadium of Light as Sunderland have scored 48 goals to get 50 points from 22 games. The overall stats in the League One are 16-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Sunderland haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Milton Keynes Dons, 66 days ago.

Sunderland's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-1 versus Cambridge United (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Sunderland "killed" Cambridge United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Before that, Sunderland played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Plymouth Argyle.

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 five games. Sunderland has won two of these, drawn two and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sunderland as they are travelling to their away game against Morecambe in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Sunderland are scoring many of them at home; 48 on target from 22 league matches. Sunderland have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rotherham United form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Rotherham United have produced an overall stat of 11-5-5 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Rotherham United have lost on their last two travels.

Rotherham go into this game after a win, the home game against Oxford United that ended 2-1.

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Rotherham United in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Rotherham United, three draws and zero defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Rotherham now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Gillingham is waiting in only four days.

Rotherham United have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, from 21 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rotherham's manager Warne has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 10 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sunderland and Rotherham United have faced each other already this season: Rotherham United - Sunderland 5-1. Last three meetings featuring these contenders: Sunderland won one, Rotherham United were winners in one and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
24 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
18 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
11 goals

Sunderland missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Rotherham United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 21 44
23 16 4 Won W 3 11 26
11 2 1 Drew D 2 5 8
10 4 1 Lost L 1 5 10
77 48 14 Scored S 6 24 67
52 18 6 Conceded C 1 10 32
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 91%
80% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 52% 66%
61% 59% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 14% 34%
32% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 16%
18% 23% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 11%
55% 55% 83% BTTS BTTS 0% 10% 32%
34% 41% 17% Clean Sheets C S 83% 67% 50%
18% 5% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 27%
 
6 6.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6.9 6.7
4.4 3.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 3.7
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
14.7 16.2 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 14 14.3
5.1 5.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 4.5
34% 38% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 34%
 
11.5 10 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.2 9.1
3.5 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in League One
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals (32) in League One
  • Rotherham United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in League One
  • Rotherham United have the most clean sheets (14) away in League One
  • Rotherham United have the most clean sheets (22) in League One
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sunderland have the most scored goals (48) at home in League One
  • Sunderland have the the best goal difference (+30) at home in League One
  • 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 Wigan Athletic 44 26 11 7 77 41 23 13 5 5 36 22 21 13 6 2 41 19 36 89
2 Rotherham United 44 26 8 10 67 32 23 15 3 5 43 22 21 11 5 5 24 10 35 86
3 Milton Keynes Dons 45 25 11 9 73 44 23 13 5 5 34 21 22 12 6 4 39 23 29 86
4 Sunderland 44 23 11 10 77 52 22 16 2 4 48 18 22 7 9 6 29 34 25 80
5 Plymouth Argyle 45 23 11 11 68 43 22 14 4 4 32 14 23 9 7 7 36 29 25 80
6 Wycombe Wanderers 45 22 14 9 73 50 23 14 5 4 39 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 23 80
7 Sheffield Wednesday 44 22 13 9 71 47 22 15 5 2 44 17 22 7 8 7 27 30 24 79
8 Oxford United 45 22 9 14 81 58 22 13 5 4 46 26 23 9 4 10 35 32 23 75
9 Portsmouth 44 19 13 12 64 45 22 13 5 4 43 23 22 6 8 8 21 22 19 70
10 Bolton Wanderers 45 20 10 15 70 55 22 11 7 4 41 24 23 9 3 11 29 31 15 70
11 Ipswich Town 45 17 16 12 63 46 22 10 9 3 34 22 23 7 7 9 29 24 17 67
12 Charlton Athletic 45 17 8 20 55 55 23 10 4 9 32 28 22 7 4 11 23 27 0 59
13 Accrington Stanley 45 16 10 19 57 77 23 12 6 5 41 33 22 4 4 14 16 44 -20 58
14 Cambridge United 45 15 12 18 54 72 22 8 7 7 26 27 23 7 5 11 28 45 -18 57
15 Cheltenham Town 45 13 16 16 64 78 23 10 7 6 33 30 22 3 9 10 31 48 -14 55
16 Burton Albion 45 14 11 20 50 65 22 10 6 6 33 24 23 4 5 14 17 41 -15 53
17 Shrewsbury Town 45 12 14 19 47 48 22 9 7 6 30 22 23 3 7 13 17 26 -1 50
18 Lincoln City 45 13 10 22 53 62 22 6 5 11 23 28 23 7 5 11 30 34 -9 49
19 Morecambe 45 10 12 23 57 87 22 7 8 7 33 34 23 3 4 16 24 53 -30 42
20 Fleetwood Town 44 8 16 20 58 75 22 5 8 9 31 34 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 40
21 Gillingham 45 8 16 21 35 67 22 4 8 10 13 34 23 4 8 11 22 33 -32 40
22 AFC Wimbledon 45 6 19 20 46 71 22 2 14 6 24 30 23 4 5 14 22 41 -25 37
23 Doncaster Rovers 45 10 7 28 36 81 23 7 3 13 20 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -45 37
24 Crewe Alexandra 45 7 8 30 36 81 23 5 5 13 22 40 22 2 3 17 14 41 -45 29

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 Wigan Athletic 44 26 11 7 77 41 23 13 5 5 36 22 21 13 6 2 41 19 36 89
2 Rotherham United 44 26 8 10 67 32 23 15 3 5 43 22 21 11 5 5 24 10 35 86
3 Milton Keynes Dons 45 25 11 9 73 44 23 13 5 5 34 21 22 12 6 4 39 23 29 86
4 Sunderland 44 23 11 10 77 52 22 16 2 4 48 18 22 7 9 6 29 34 25 80
5 Plymouth Argyle 45 23 11 11 68 43 22 14 4 4 32 14 23 9 7 7 36 29 25 80
6 Wycombe Wanderers 45 22 14 9 73 50 23 14 5 4 39 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 23 80
7 Sheffield Wednesday 44 22 13 9 71 47 22 15 5 2 44 17 22 7 8 7 27 30 24 79
8 Oxford United 45 22 9 14 81 58 22 13 5 4 46 26 23 9 4 10 35 32 23 75
9 Portsmouth 44 19 13 12 64 45 22 13 5 4 43 23 22 6 8 8 21 22 19 70
10 Bolton Wanderers 45 20 10 15 70 55 22 11 7 4 41 24 23 9 3 11 29 31 15 70
11 Ipswich Town 45 17 16 12 63 46 22 10 9 3 34 22 23 7 7 9 29 24 17 67
12 Charlton Athletic 45 17 8 20 55 55 23 10 4 9 32 28 22 7 4 11 23 27 0 59
13 Accrington Stanley 45 16 10 19 57 77 23 12 6 5 41 33 22 4 4 14 16 44 -20 58
14 Cambridge United 45 15 12 18 54 72 22 8 7 7 26 27 23 7 5 11 28 45 -18 57
15 Cheltenham Town 45 13 16 16 64 78 23 10 7 6 33 30 22 3 9 10 31 48 -14 55
16 Burton Albion 45 14 11 20 50 65 22 10 6 6 33 24 23 4 5 14 17 41 -15 53
17 Shrewsbury Town 45 12 14 19 47 48 22 9 7 6 30 22 23 3 7 13 17 26 -1 50
18 Lincoln City 45 13 10 22 53 62 22 6 5 11 23 28 23 7 5 11 30 34 -9 49
19 Morecambe 45 10 12 23 57 87 22 7 8 7 33 34 23 3 4 16 24 53 -30 42
20 Fleetwood Town 44 8 16 20 58 75 22 5 8 9 31 34 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 40
21 Gillingham 45 8 16 21 35 67 22 4 8 10 13 34 23 4 8 11 22 33 -32 40
22 AFC Wimbledon 45 6 19 20 46 71 22 2 14 6 24 30 23 4 5 14 22 41 -25 37
23 Doncaster Rovers 45 10 7 28 36 81 23 7 3 13 20 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -45 37
24 Crewe Alexandra 45 7 8 30 36 81 23 5 5 13 22 40 22 2 3 17 14 41 -45 29

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