Burnley is set for a trip to Stadium of Light for a clash against Sunderland in their 16th round of the EFL Championship. Kickoffs on October 22 at 17:00 EAT.
The home side is 13th with 20 points after the 15 matches they have played so far, and they will take confidence from their home record heading into this fixture against the Clarets this weekend, as they have only lost once on home soil in seven matches so far this campaign. Coming into this game, Sunderland is winless in five of their last six matches.
Sunderland prepares for this fixture off the back 2-0 Championship defeat to Blackburn Rovers in their previous encounter. In that match, Sunderland had 61% possession and 13 shots with four of them on target. Blackburn Rovers got 11 shots with three of them on target and goals by Ben Brereton Díaz (32′) and Scott Wharton (49′).
Meanwhile, Burnley has dropped to third in the second tier with 26 points, one point off Blackburn and QPR at the top of the table. Despite the disappointing results at St Andrew’s, the visitors were able to extend their unbeaten run in the Championship to 12 games and only sit just a point off table leaders Queens Park Rangers going into the weekend.
Burnley held each other to1-1 Championship stalemate with Birmingham City in their previous encounter. In that match, Burnley had 69% possession, nine shots with one of them on target and a goals scored by Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (74′). Birmingham City got 14 shots with two of them on target and a goal by Scott Hogan (80′).
Sunderland vs. Burnley head to head
These two sides have had 18 head to head encounters since 1994; Sunderland claims seven wins, Burnley six wins while seven other matches ended in draws.
- Burnley 1-3 Sunderland 28/08/19
- Sunderland 0-0 Burnley 18/03/17
- Burnley 2-0 Sunderland 17/01/17
- Sunderland 0-0 Burnley 07/01/17
- Burnley 4-1 Sunderland 31/12/16
Home
- Blackburn 2-0 Sunderland
- Sunderland 2-1 Wigan
- Swansea 2-1 Sunderland
- Sunderland 0-0 Blackpool
- Sunderland 0-0 Preston
Away
- Birmingham 1-1 Burnley
- Burnley 4-0 Swansea
- Coventry 0-1 Burnley
- Burnley 1-1 Stoke
- Cardiff 1-1 Burnley
Sunderland team news
Ellis Simms will be unavailable for Tony Mowbray’s selection for this game through injury.
Burnley team news
Boss Vincent Kompanywill is out the services of Jay Rodríguez and Ashley Westwood who have been sidelined due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Burnley Win
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2
