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Sunderland and Leicester City meet at the Stadium of Light in a match of the 14th round of the Barclays Premier League. The record of recent direct clashes favors the visiting team, who in the last 4 matches won 2 and drew 2. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 10-04-2016, ended with the Leicester City win for (0-2 ). The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between the 20th and 13th of the overall standings, this is in fact a confrontation between the 20th placed in home games and the 19th as a visitor.
Sunderland
The home team is currently in 20th place with 8 points earned after 2 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Hull City by (3-0). In the last match, lost out to Liverpool by (2-0). This is a team little affected by the house factor, as it has achieved similar results at home and abroad. For the championship, Sunderland had 4 points out of 18, after 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses in their last 6 matches at their stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. This is a team that scores a few times first: just opened the scoring in 3 of their last 13 games for the Barclays Premier League, those 3 reached the break in lead 2 and won in the late 90 ‘in 1. In 13 games in this competition , Suffered the first goal 10 times and only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard.
Sunderland are back at home for the English Premier League after having a good run of two consecutive victories interrupted in the final round when they faced Liverpool away from home and came out 2×0. Earlier, the team had won two good victories: against Bournemouth 1×2 away, which was their first win in the competition, and the last against Hull City at home 3×0. Sunderland have a very bad campaign, having not won until the tenth game. After thirteen rounds, the club accumulates two wins, two draws and nine defeats, occupying the flashlight. For that match, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3.
Leicester City
The visiting team is currently in 13th place with 13 points, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Watford by (2-1). In the last match, tied at home to Middlesbrough by (2-2). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 1 point as a visitor and 12 points in their stadium, with 11 goals scored and 6 goals conceded at home, against 5 goals scored and 16 conceded. In the league, Leicester City had 1 point in 18 chances, after 1 draw and 5 losses in their last 6 away games.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor makes 6 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of his last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that scored few times first: just opened the scoring in 3 of their last 13 games for the Barclays Premier League, these 3 reached the break in advantage in all and won in the late 90 ‘in all. In 13 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 8 times and never managed to turn the score. In the last 12 away games for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: scored 5 of his 11 goals between minutes (46’-60 ‘); Suffered 10 of his 25 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Leicester City enter the field for their fourteenth English League game trying to rediscover the path of victory to end the sequence of negative results they have been suffering. In the last round, the team received Middlesbrough at home and was only in the tie in 2×2, thus getting to their fourth game in a row without a win. Before, the team had gone to the home of Watford and left there defeated by 2×1. After thirteen rounds, the club accumulated three wins, four draws and six defeats, thus occupying the fourteenth place in the table. For that game, the technician should know to take on the team in the 4-4-2.
Prediction: over 1.5 goals @ 1.36