England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Sunderland and Stoke City, taking place on Saturday, 27 January 2024, at Stadium of Light in Sunderland.
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Sunderland, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Sunderland players having failed to take any points away from their recent 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Hull City. They came away from that fixture with 58% of the possession and clocked up 15 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, Hull City managed 2 attempts on goal, with 2 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 5 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 7, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have conceded at least one goal in 10 of their 14 home games this season.
This will be regarded as a poor run of form, with 3 defeats from their last 6 matches and just 2 victories.
Jack Clarke will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Sunderland.
Stoke City, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 2-1 home defeat by Birmingham City will have left the Stoke City squad feeling a little deflated. In that game they recorded 71 % of the possession, with 22 attempts on goal, 5 on target. Their opponents found the target on 5 of their 9 shots on goal.
It seems pretty certain that Steven Schumacher will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 6 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 4 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games.
Stoke will take some comfort from having only lost 1 of their last 6 games, but having managed just 2 wins shows there's room for improvement.
On an individual basis, Lynden Gooch has scored in each of Stoke City's last 3 league games away from home.
It was not a positive ending for Sunderland last time they met Stoke City in the league, with the game ending in a 2-1 defeat.
Sunderland have scored in each of their last 8 games at home in the league against The Potters. When Stoke visit The Black Cats in the league, goals tend to happen, with 8 from their previous 3 encounters and a scoring average of 2.67 goals per match.
Stoke has won the last 2 games they've played against Sunderland in the league.
Sunderland manager Michael Beale has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Daniel Ballard (Hamstring), Dennis Cirkin (Hamstring), Bradley Dack (Hamstring), Corry Evans (Cruciate ligament), Niall Huggins (Knee surgery), Timothée Pembélé (Cruciate ligament) and Patrick Roberts (Calf) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Steven Schumacher has a number of injury concerns in his Stoke squad to contend with: Frank Fielding (Unknown), Josh Laurent (Ankle) and Emre Tezgel (Unknown)
Sunderland Playing at home | Stoke City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| 40' | Time first goal scored | 26' |
| 49' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 2.1 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.7 | Subs used | 3.7 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
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