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Burnley and Sunderland play for Turf Moor in a 19th round Barclays Premier League duel. These teams have met only twice recently: on 31-01-2015, ending with Sunderland’s 2-0 win and on 20-09-2014, ending with a 0-0 draw. Although this is a game between 14th and 18th of the overall standings, it is actually a game between the 4th place in home games and the 16th as a visitor.
Burnley
The home team is currently in 14th place with 20 points earned after 6 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, lost out to Tottenham by (2-1). In the last match, won at home to Middlesbrough by (1-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 19 points, against only 1 in their games as a visitor. In the last 10 home games for the league, Burnley have 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, having won 19 points out of 30. In their domestic league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (4 out of 10 matches). The team conceded goals to their opponents in 8 of their last 10 games in this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 18 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 8 times and never managed to turn the score. There are 1 highlights in the last 10 home games in this competition: he suffered 5 of his 10 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Burnley plays again at home for the English Championship trying to repeat the good performance that has been showing in the games played as principal, to soften the negative results suffered away from his fans. In the last round, the team received Middlesbrough at home and managed to leave the field with the victory by 1×0, thus interrupting a sequence of two straight losses. Before, the team had gone to the home of Tottenham and left there defeated by 2×1. After eighteen rounds, the club accumulate ten defeats, two draws and six wins, thus occupying the fourteenth place in the table. For that game, the manager should keep the team in the 4-4-2 or 4-5-1.
Sunderland
The visiting team is currently in 18th place with 14 points, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 12 defeats. In the penultimate match, won at home to Watford by (1-0). In the last match, lost out to Manchester United by (3-1). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 10 points, against only 4 in their games as a visitor. In the last 9 away games for the championship Sunderland has recorded 1 win, 1 draw and 7 losses, having won 4 points out of 27 possible. In his league appearances as a visitor the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (5 out of 9 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 18 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 13 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. There are 3 periods in the last 13 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 4 of his 8 goals between the minutes (61’-75 ‘) and 4 of his 8 between (76′-90′); Suffered 7 of his 19 goals in minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Sunderland enter the field for their nineteenth match in the English Premier League after losing again in the competition. In the last round, the team went to the home of Manchester United and came out of there defeated by 3×1, thus getting to their fourth defeat in six games. Before, the team had received Watford at home and managed to leave the field with the win by 1×0. After 18 rounds, the club accumulated twelve defeats, two draws and four wins, ranking eighteenth on the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team at 3-4-3 or at 4-3-3.
Prediction: under 2.5 goals @ 1.73