Ace Football previews the Premier League round 2 match between Sunderland and Fulham and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Sunderland hope to live up to their early billing as the Premier League title favourites on Sunday when they welcome Fulham over to the Stadium of Light for a round 2 match.
Sunderland came away from their premiere match of the season with nothing to show for it and hope to make amends in the upcoming match.
Team form: Sunderland vs Fulham
Sunderland Form
Sunderland are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Everton by 1-3, before beating Chelsea by 2-1. The winning streak came to an end against Ipswich, who ran out 2-1 winners. Sunderland managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored four and conceded ten goals.
Fulham Form
Two victories are what Fulham have to show from their past three matches, as they first beat Newcastle 2-0. This was followed by a 2-3 defeat against Chelsea, before winning again 3-0 against AFC Wimbledon. Fulham claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew three and were defeated two times, as they were outscored by seven goals to four.
Betting stats for Sunderland and Fulham
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Sunderland and Fulham. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 Sunderland home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Sunderland home matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Sunderland have won the last 3 home matches in a row while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In the last 5 Sunderland matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Sunderland have won the last 3 home matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Fulham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Fulham matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Fulham away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Fulham away matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Fulham matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
In-form players: Sunderland vs Fulham
Nordi Mukiele hit the target once in six Premier League, while Tom Cairney scored a similar amount in his last six games. Both’ll be hoping to double that at Stadium of Light.
Betting markets: Sunderland vs Fulham
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Stadium of Light across all tournaments Sunderland won five times, drew one and lost four times. Fulham claimed three wins, five draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Fulham have not lost to Sunderland in 5 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Sunderland scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Fulham scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Sunderland managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Sunderland have scored in 3 consecutive home meetings with Fulham.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Sunderland, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Fulham’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.5 goals in these matches.
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