Struggling Tranmere Rovers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sunderland in the upcoming league round. It's 21st vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
The visiting Sunderland played their last game only four days ago, a League One match.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Tranmere Rovers have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Tranmere Rovers, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
A nice win for Tranmere Rovers last time playing, versus Watford. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Emmanuel Monthe scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, Tranmere Rovers lost 1-2 at home to Ipswich Town.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Tranmere Rovers as they have a new game in only one day, a League One match thankfully also at home. Sunderland are visiting.
Tranmere Rovers has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Tranmere Rovers defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sunderland form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Sunderland playing as the away team in the League One this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sunderland goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin is eager to challenge this, with his 294 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Sunderland delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Doncaster Rovers (placed 10th) in their previous match; a League One game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Milton Keynes Dons with the score of 1-0.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Portsmouth.
The attacking power of Sunderland when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Sunderland in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Sunderland - Tranmere Rovers 5-0 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  C. Maguire 9 goals |  L. Gooch 8 goals |   C. Jennings 4 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 45 | 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 80% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 73% |
| 52% | 54% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 42% |
| 36% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | 19% |
| 24% | 23% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 56% | 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 58% |
| 16% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 8% | 23% |
| 32% | 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 42% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 296 | 186 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 69 | 142 | 313 |
| 98 | 60 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 39 | 98 |
| 29% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 28% | 37% |
- Sunderland has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tranmere Rovers 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 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 48 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 47 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 44 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 43 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 42 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 41 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 37 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 36 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 34 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -3 | 30 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -13 | 29 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 27 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 25 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -17 | 22 |
| 22 | Southend United | 26 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 32 | -37 | 13 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 34 | -35 | 7 |