The visiting Wolves U23 side should be favourites in this visit to Sunderland U23, as the away team holds a 4 point advantage from their six league games this season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League 2 Divison Two game only four days ago.
Sunderland U23 form and stats
Sunderland U23 have played three Premier League 2 Divison Two home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. With Sunderland having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager E. Dickman.
Sunderland are returning here after visiting Aston Villa U23 in a Premier League 2 Divison Two game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. E. Embleton (2) scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Sunderland lost 3-5 at home to Fulham U23.
The Sunderland U23 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Sunderland have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Wolves U23 form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League 2 Divison Two for Wolves U23 with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Wolves U23 won their last game, 3-0 versus Fulham U23 played at home. Prior to that match, the Wolves manager J. Collins faced defeat when travelling to Crystal Palace U23 and losing 1-2.
It's early days yet, but Wolves U23 has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Sunderland victories, one draw and two Wolves U23 wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Mbunga-Kimpioka 4 goals |   T. Perry 4 goals | J. Hawkes 3 goals |
Sunderland U23 missing players
Wolves U23 missing players
| Sunderland U23 | Wolves U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 17 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | 23 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 14 | 55 |
| 26 | 11 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 46% | 36% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 50% | 57% |
- All of Sunderland U23's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Wolves U23's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sunderland U23 has the most conceded goals (14) at home in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U23 has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U23 has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U23 have lost all their home matches so far.
- Sunderland U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wolves U23 has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Wolves U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wolves U23 have yet to win a game away.
- Wolves U23 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 | Middlesbrough U23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Leeds U23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Norwich City U23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Wolves U23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Reading U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 6 | Fulham U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace U23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Stoke City U23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Burnley U23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 3 |