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Sunderland and Chelsea meet at the Stadium of Light in a match of the 16th round of the Barclays Premier League. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last five matches have won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1. However, in the last clash at this stadium, in a match for Barclays Premier League on 07-05-2016, Sunderland only managed to win, by (3-2). The goals of the match were scored by W. Khazri (41 ‘), F. Borini (67’) and J. Defoe (70 ‘) for Sunderland and Diego Costa (14’) and N. Matić Chelsea.
Sunderland
The home team is currently in 20th place, with 11 points earned, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Leicester City by (2-1). In the last match, lost out to Swansea City by (3-0). For the championship, Sunderland won 7 points in 21 chances, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in their last 7 games at their stadium. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 9 of their last 10 games in this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 15 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard.
The Sunderland side arrives at this game with a defeat at the Swansea field, 3-0, thus adding the second consecutive away defeat of the house. However it is important to note that the home team adds two consecutive victories in their stadium. In this match against powerful Chelsea coach David Moyes should keep the team in the usual 4-4-2 with Defoe and Anichebe being the most offensive references of Sunderland: the first player is the team’s top scorer with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach can not rely on Cattermole, Rodwell, Watmore and McNair, players who recover from injury.
Chelsea
The visiting team is currently in 1st place with 37 points, after 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, he won away to Manchester City by (1-3). In the last match, won at home to West Bromwich by (1-0). In the championship, Chelsea clinched 16 points in 21 chances, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in their last 7 away games.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 4 victories in the last games like visitor. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-1, which occurred in 3 of his 8 matches. Defensive solidity has been one of his strengths as he has conceded only 3 of the last 10 games and his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 15 games for the Barclays Premier League, suffered the first goal 5 times but managed to turn the score in 3.
Chelsea reach this match with a 1-0 victory over West Bromwich, thus adding to their ninth consecutive English league win: Diego Costa scored the only goal of the team. In this away game the coach Antonio Conte should line up an eleven very similar to the last game, namely the 3-4-3 being Hazard the great responsible for tormenting the defensive line of the home team: the Belgian is very fast and knowledgeable In driving the ball to the attack. However, the highlight so far is offensive Diego Costa: 12 goals and 5 assists. Obi Mikel, Óscar, John Terry and Loftus-Cheek, all of whom are injured, are reported to have been injured.
Prediction: Chelsea at HalfTime @ 1.91