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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

Wycombe Wanderers have travelled here for an engaging game versus the hosts Sunderland. Get smart on the match with this in-depth League One preview!

It's no vacation for neither Sunderland nor Wycombe Wanderers 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

As mentioned below, Sunderland are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 League One games.

Happy days for Sunderland in their previous game, a Carabao Cup match away at Blackpool that ended with a 3-2 victory. Midfield player Aiden O'Brien got a match rating of 9.34 in that game, the max score being 10. O'Brien scored three goals and hit one key pass. Aiden O'Brien was absolutely essential when Sunderland beat Blackpool 3-2, scoring three goals. Some amazing scenes last match, when Aiden O'Brien scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.

Before that, Sunderland had a League One home game versus AFC Wimbledon which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sunderland handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, six draws and two defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sunderland, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Manchester United U21 is only three days away.

Sunderland has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

Wycombe Wanderers are still undefeated on their travels in the League One. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Stevenage (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) in their previous outing. The Carabao Cup match ended in a draw 2-2. Adebayo Akinfenwa, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.81. Akinfenwa scored one goal and hit three key passes. As mentioned above, Wanderers drew the match against Stevenage (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties). Manager G. Ainsworth brought on Tjay De Barr to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Lincoln City.

Wanderers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

A new game in only three days for Wanderers, the EFL Trophy home match versus Aston Villa U21. Busy days.

Wycombe Wanderers have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Data for the last four meetings between these two sides are: one win for Sunderland, two draws and one win for Wycombe Wanderers. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
2 goals
Wycombe WanderersG. McCleary
G. McCleary
2 goals
Wycombe WanderersO. Pendlebury
O. Pendlebury
2 goals

Sunderland missing players

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored S 0 4 7
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.8 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6.2
4 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 14
6 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.2
21% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 54%
Sunderland Last season Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
21 10   Won W   4 11
17 8   Drew D   5 10
10 6   Lost L   14 25
72 34   Scored S   22 39
45 26   Conceded C   41 69
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 89%
77% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 67%
42% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 46%
23% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 17%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
54% 67%   BTTS BTTS   43% 43%
38% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 26%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   48% 41%
 
6.2 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.3
3.9 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.6
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
3 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
13.7 13   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 10.7
4.7 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.1
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 10
2 Wycombe Wanderers 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 10
3 Portsmouth 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 10
4 Accrington Stanley 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 9
5 Sunderland 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 9
6 Burton Albion 4 3 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 9
7 Bolton Wanderers 4 2 2 0 9 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 8
8 Plymouth Argyle 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 7
9 Wigan Athletic 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 7
10 Oxford United 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 7
11 Rotherham United 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
12 Cambridge United 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
13 Milton Keynes Dons 4 1 2 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 5
14 AFC Wimbledon 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
15 Gillingham 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
16 Morecambe 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 4
17 Lincoln City 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
18 Cheltenham Town 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 4
19 Fleetwood Town 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
20 Ipswich Town 4 0 2 2 6 8 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 2
21 Charlton Athletic 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
22 Crewe Alexandra 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
23 Doncaster Rovers 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
24 Shrewsbury Town 4 0 0 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -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 +/- P
1 Hull City 46 27 8 11 80 38 23 14 4 5 32 14 23 13 4 6 48 24 42 89
2 Peterborough United 46 26 9 11 83 46 23 15 5 3 52 22 23 11 4 8 31 24 37 87
3 Blackpool 46 23 11 12 60 37 23 12 7 4 30 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 23 80
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 23 9 8 6 32 25 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 23 9 5 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 23 13 4 6 39 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 23 8 7 8 36 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 23 9 5 9 29 24 23 12 4 7 36 27 14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 23 12 5 6 25 18 23 7 7 9 21 28 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 23 10 5 8 31 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 23 8 6 9 32 42 -5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 23 10 7 6 32 30 23 8 5 10 24 31 -5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 23 10 7 6 36 28 23 8 4 11 28 34 2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 23 11 4 8 34 32 23 8 3 12 29 35 -4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 23 9 8 6 26 17 23 7 4 12 23 29 3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 23 7 4 12 32 42 23 8 8 7 29 31 -12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 23 5 8 10 28 31 23 8 7 8 22 26 -7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 23 11 4 8 31 39 23 3 7 13 22 41 -27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 23 5 10 8 22 31 -16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 23 5 6 12 26 42 23 8 3 12 28 35 -23 48
21 Rochdale 46 11 14 21 61 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 23 7 5 11 34 36 -17 47
22 Northampton Town 46 11 12 23 41 67 23 8 5 10 20 26 23 3 7 13 21 41 -26 45
23 Swindon Town 46 13 4 29 55 89 23 8 1 14 25 38 23 5 3 15 30 51 -34 43
24 Bristol Rovers 46 10 8 28 40 70 23 7 2 14 23 32 23 3 6 14 17 38 -30 38
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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 Sheffield Wednesday 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 10
2 Wycombe Wanderers 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 10
3 Portsmouth 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 10
4 Accrington Stanley 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 9
5 Sunderland 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 9
6 Burton Albion 4 3 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 9
7 Bolton Wanderers 4 2 2 0 9 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 8
8 Plymouth Argyle 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 7
9 Wigan Athletic 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 7
10 Oxford United 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 7
11 Rotherham United 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
12 Cambridge United 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
13 Milton Keynes Dons 4 1 2 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 5
14 AFC Wimbledon 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
15 Gillingham 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
16 Morecambe 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 4
17 Lincoln City 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
18 Cheltenham Town 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 4
19 Fleetwood Town 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
20 Ipswich Town 4 0 2 2 6 8 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 2
21 Charlton Athletic 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
22 Crewe Alexandra 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
23 Doncaster Rovers 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
24 Shrewsbury Town 4 0 0 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0

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