Sunderland will be facing visiting team Millwall at Stadium of Light in this Championship game on Saturday.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Sunderland v Millwall - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Sunderland
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Sunderland, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Championship triumph versus West Bromwich Albion.
In that game, Sunderland had 50% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Sunderland was Pierre Ekwah (45'). West Bromwich Albion got 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.
Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Sunderland have taken part. Regarding the goal weighting during this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 while Sunderland managed the sum of 4.
Looking at their past form shows that Sunderland:
- have not lost a league tie with Millwall in their previous 5 games.
- have not registered a win against Millwall in their last 2 league games.
- have not won at home in their last 5 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.
Millwall
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Millwall head into the clash following on from a 3-1 Championship win with the defeat of Cardiff City in their most recent game.
In that match, Millwall managed 37% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Millwall, the goals were scored by Michael Obafemi (9'), Jake Cooper (45') and Duncan Watmore (93'). For their opponents, Cardiff City had 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Yakou Meïté (24') scored for Cardiff City.
The stats tell the story, and Millwall have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in total. Defensively, Millwall could really do with shoring things up. Putting that to one side, we must now wait to see if that pattern might be sustained in this next match or not.
Their prior results show that Millwall:
- have left without a victory over Sunderland when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
- are without a win away from home in their last 4 league matches.
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Head to head
If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 05/11/2004, there has been little between the sides with Sunderland winning 1 of those games, Millwall 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
A sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 for The Black Cats and 7 coming from The Lions. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The last league contest featuring these clubs was Championship match day 19 on 02/12/2023 when it ended Millwall 1-1 Sunderland.
In that game, Millwall had 40% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Kevin Nisbet (44').
At the other end, Sunderland got 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Jack Clarke (78') scored.
The match was refereed by James Linington.
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Team News: Sunderland
Corry Evans (Cruciate ligament injury), Patrick Roberts (Thigh problems), Bradley Dack (Thigh problems) and Niall Huggins (Knee surgery) will not be able to play for Sunderland manager Mike Dodds.
It seems likely that The Black Cats may well use a 3-4-3 formation, handing starts to Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Daniel Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Timothée Pembélé, Pierre Ekwah, Dan Neil, Callum Styles, Chris Rigg, Jobe Bellingham and Jack Clarke.
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Team News: Millwall
With a fully injury-free group available for selection, the Millwall manager Neil Harris does not have any fitness concerns at all before this clash.
We reckon that The Lions appear most likely to play in a 4-4-2 lineup, starting the game with Matija Sarkic, Ryan Leonard, Japhet Tanganga, Jake Cooper, Danny McNamara, Ryan Longman, Billy Mitchell, George Saville, Romain Esse, Zian Flemming and Michael Obafemi.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that Millwall could find themselves struggling to break down this Sunderland side who we reckon will be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.
That’s why we have predicted a 1-0 winning margin for Sunderland at the end of this one.
It should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
15:08 18/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Sunderland
Formed: 1879
Stadium: Stadium of Light (49,000)
Captain: Corry Evans
Chairman: Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Manager: Mike Dodds
Competitions: Championship position 13
🔑 Star Man: Pierre Ekwah
Regularly played in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Pierre Ekwah was born in Massy, France. Having played his first senior match for Sunderland in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Midfielder has accumulated 5 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign to date coming from a total of 37 appearances.