Sunderland vs Morecambe Match Analysis and Prediction

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Sunderland will be welcoming relagation-threatened Morecambe at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday in their League One fixture.

The hosts remain in the playoff places in the third division despite the poor run of form they have found themselves on while the visitors won in the FA Cup at the weekend but remain in trouble in the league.

Sunderland’s 1-1 draw with Oxford United on Saturday means they have just two wins in their last 11 matches across all competitions.

Despite their troubles recently, the Black Cats remain in a strong fifth position, and just two point off Rotherham United at the top ahead of the midweek round of action.

Lee Johnson will be disappointed with his being unable to claim three points at the Stadium of Light on Saturday though, with a strong secon-half display with no rewards at the end of the game.

A greater threat was provided after the restart but Johnson’s side failed to find the winner and had to settle for one point, but a victory will be expected against struggling opponents on Tuesday.

Morecambe head to the Stadium of Light for their first ever league meeting with Sunderland, in what continues to be a tough debut campaign in the League One.

Although it would have been expected the Shrimps to already be cut adrift at the bottom of the table, Steve Robinson’s side head to the north east in midweek outside the relagation zone.

Despite being away from league action at the weekend, Morecambe remain two points above the relagation zone, but could fall into the relagation places were the results go against them and were they to lose on Tuesday.

However, having won just one of their last nine in League One, Morecambe came out victorious, and also record a clean sheet in their 1-0 victory over Buxton on Saturday.

Sunderland vs Morecambe head to head

The two English clubs have previously met in two occasions, in the League Cup and in the EFL Trophy where Sunderland took the victory in both matches home and away. Sunderland have scored 3 goals without conceding.

Sunderland 2-0 Morecambe 28/08/21

Morecambe 0-1 Sunderland 13/11/18

Sunderland latest home form

Sunderland have recently been on a poor run of form at home, failing to register successive victories, having won just one game in their five most recent home fixtures across all competitions. In their last five, they have won one, drawn one and lost three.

Sunderland 0-1 Mansfield Town 06/11/21

Sunderland 1-1(p) Bradford City 09/11/21

Sunderland 2-0 Ipswich Town 20/11/21

Sundrland 0-1 Oldham Athletic 01/12/21

Sunderland 1-1 Oxford United 04/12/21

Sunderland latest away form

Despite having lost two successive away games, Sunderland bounced back to form and did not lose their last two matches on the road. In their last five, they won two, drawn one and lost two, with one victory being in the penalty shootout against QPR in the League Cup after a 0-0 draw.

Queens Park Rangers 0-0(p) Sunderland 26/10/21

Rotherham United 5-1 Sunderland 30/10/21

Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Sunderland

Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Sunderland 23/11/21

Cambridge United 1-2 Sunderland 27/11/21

Morecambe latest home form

Morecambe are a struggling side as can be seen in results, having failed to register successive victories in the recent few weeks, and they lost their last home game to Milton Keynes Dons. In their last five, they have won one, drawn one and lost three in all competitions.

Morecambe 0-2 Cambridge United 02/11/21

Morecambe 1-0 Newport County 06/11/21

Morecambe 0-2 Carlisle United 09/11/21

Morecambe 2-2 Charlton Athletic 23/11/21

Morecambe 0-4 Milton Keynes Dons 27/11/21

Morecambe latest away form

Having lost five successive away matches, Morecambe seem to be on an upward turn of form, as they won their last two matches, defeating Fleetwood Town 2-1 in the league and Buxton 1-0 in the FA Cup. In their last five away, they have scored 7 goals and conceded 10.

Burton Albion 3-2 Morecambe 15/10/21

Cheltanham Town 3-1 Morecambe 19/10/21

Oxford United 3-1 Morecambe 30/10/21

Fleetwood Town 1-2 Morecambe 20/11/21

Buxton 0-1 Morecambe 04/12/21

Sunderland news

Sunderland have a number of injuries, with Frederik Alves and Will Harris set to miss out joining Ellis Taylor as short-term absentees.

Aiden McGeady, Dennis Cirkin, Denver Hume, Corry Evans and Luke O’Neil are also expected to be in the asentee list, which could allow a number of youngsters to feature.

Morecambe news

Morecambe are expected to hand Jonathan Obika his debut following his first involvement in the squad, but would definately not be in this game. Aaron Wildig and Josh McPake are nearing return from injury. Goalkeeper Kyle Letheren returned on Saturday and will compete with Jokull Andresson for the number one spot.

Prediction and Odds

Although we expect Morecambe to score at the Stadium of Light, their poor defence would cause them issues that could let them concede goals. Despite Sunderland being on a poor run of form, we expect them to use the home advantage to win this game. So, we predict a home victory.

Odds: 1 1.45 X 3.77 2 3.95