Sunderland vs Fulham Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sunderland

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Sunderland will play in this match following on from a 1-1 Championship tied result versus Millwall.

In that match, Sunderland managed 59% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Sunderland was Dennis Cirkin (81'). For their opponents, Millwall had 15 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Jake Cooper (59') scored for Millwall.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Sunderland have shown defensive steel. In fact, Sunderland have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 7 goals in the process. We will have to see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Fulham

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In their previous fixture, Fulham drew 0-0 in the Premier League match with Chelsea.

In that match, Fulham managed 33% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Chelsea got 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Over the course of 5 of the past 6 clashes featuring Fulham, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game during that period is a paltry 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by The Cottagers standing at 0.83.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 11/01/2014 shows that Sunderland have won 3 of them and Fulham 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

A total of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 of them from The Black Cats and 5 netted by The Cottagers. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

ℹ️ Team News: Sunderland

Elliot Embleton (Torn Ankle Ligament) and Corry Evans (Cruciate Ligament Injury) will not be taking part for Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray.

📰 Team News: Fulham

From a largely full-strength group, there is only the lone fitness issue for the Fulham boss Marco Silva to be concerned with. Neeskens Kebano (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Sunderland will really need to work well to score goals against this Fulham team who we think might gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore tipping a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for Fulham at the end of this one.

Let’s see.

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Renata Leite, 01:40 04/02/2023