Championship: Sunderland vs Queens Park Rangers – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship game between Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Despite their unconvincing form, Sunderland stand a good chance of adding three more points to their account in round 46. They face Queens Park Rangers this coming Saturday, and they’ll be disappointed to miss out on a win at Stadium of Light.

Ranked as number 4 in the Championship standings, Sunderland, have so far collected 76 points this season, while Queens Park Rangers collected 53 points. This puts them up as number 15 after 45 rounds.

Form: Sunderland vs Queens Park Rangers

Sunderland Form

In their last three matches, Sunderland lost 2-1 against Bristol City, 0-1 against Blackburn and 2-0 against Oxford. Sunderland only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Championship matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored four and conceded five goals.

Queens Park Rangers Form

Queens Park Rangers have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 1-2 win against Preston. Unable to follow that up, they went down 1-2 against Swansea, before suffering another loss in a 0-5 match against Burnley. Queens Park Rangers claimed two wins against zero draws and four defeats in their last six away matches in the Championship. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and eight scored.

Betting stats for Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Sunderland vs Queens Park Rangers

It is a great season for Wilson Isidor, who currently has 12 league goals to his name during this season. Sunderland will rely on his services to gun down Queens Park Rangers.

Popular markets: Sunderland vs Queens Park Rangers

Full-time result

Sunderland claimed three wins, drew three and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Queens Park Rangers won four, drew zero and lost six of their last 10 games away. Sunderland lost 4 matches on the bounce. Queens Park Rangers have not lost to Sunderland in 5 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Sunderland scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Interestingly, Queens Park Rangers scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive away games Queens Park Rangers played. Sunderland managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Sunderland’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.6 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Queens Park Rangers, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.1 times goals per game themselves.