Sunderland – Bristol City PREDICTION & TIPS
Sunderland and Bristol City are playing at the Stadium of Light in a match for the 14th round of the Championship. There is no record of direct clashes between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last clash was played on 13-02-1999 and ended with the result: Bristol City (0-1) Sunderland. At this meeting the home factor could play an important role, as Sunderland has significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
The home team is currently in 23rd place with 9 points, after 1 win, 6 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate game, tied at home against Queens Park Rangers for (1-1). In the last, he drew away against Brentford by (3-3). This is a team that curiously has more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 games it has 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with 20 goals scored and 27 conceded; against 5 draws and 10 defeats in his stadium, with 6 goals scored and 28 conceded. In the last 6 home games for the championship Sunderland has had 2 draws and 4 defeats so they have won 2 points out of 18.
For this competition, you have not won in your stadium for 6 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 13 games in this event, he suffered the first goal 9 times and never managed to come back to the result.
Sunderland are going through a difficult period of the season and are currently 11 consecutive games without proving the taste of victory in this competition. In this way, we expect a Sunderland looking for the triumph of this game start, with Grabban being the first man to exert pressure on the attack. It is important to note that the man mentioned above is Sunderland’s top scorer with 5 goals scored. It seems that the coach can not rely on Josh Maja, a player recovering from injury.
The visiting team is currently in 7th place with 21 points, after 5 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate game, tied at home against Burton by (0-0). In the last game, lost at home against Leeds United by (0-3). This is a team that maintains the income when it plays outside its stadium, because in the last 30 games it registers 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses as a visitor; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in his stadium. In the last game he played for the League Cup, he beat Crystal Palace at home (4-1). The last visiting game for this competition ended with a (1-3) win against Ipswich Town. In the last 6 away games for the championship Bristol City has recorded 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat, thus winning 9 points out of 18.
For this competition, you have not lost as a visitor for 5 games. In the last 8 away games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: scored 5 of his 13 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘).
The Bristol team arrive in this highly motivated game after having added a great victory over the Crystal Palace by 4-1, advancing in this way for the next phase of the English League Cup: goals were pointed out by Taylor, Duric, Bryan and O’Dowda. While playing against an opponent in a bad phase, coach Lee Johnson should play a more cautious strategy, with the backward lines, knowing that the enemy will give everything to win the three points. Bobby Reid is the great highlight of Bristol so far with 7 goals scored. For this game, the coach can not count on Matty Taylor, who is punished.
Sunderland – Bristol City FREE TIPS
Sunderland – Win @ 2.75
Both teams to score / YES @ 2.00
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
