About Match
The table reads 15th (AFC Bournemouth, 2 pts) against 12th (Sunderland, 4 pts), 2 points apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.33/1.67 for AFC Bournemouth and 1/1 for Sunderland (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.42. Victory would move AFC Bournemouth to 5 points and up to 5th, overtaking Sunderland, with other results unchanged.
AFC Bournemouth have gone 5 games without a win, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form is uneven: 3/15 points for AFC Bournemouth, 10/15 for Sunderland.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by AFC Bournemouth, 2 by Sunderland, 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, capacity 11,700, hosts the game.