About Match
3 points and 6 places separate them: Aston Villa 18th with 1, Sunderland 12th with 4. Scoring rates set the scale: Aston Villa 0 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Sunderland 1 and 1, with the league averaging 1.42. A win would lift Aston Villa to 4 points and up to 10th, overtaking Sunderland (other results unchanged).
6 games without a win frame Aston Villa's arrival. Aston Villa have banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Sunderland, 10.
Across 25 recorded meetings, Aston Villa have 9 wins to Sunderland's 4, with 12 draws, at 2.08 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 28% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 32% of the meetings went beyond two goals. Where history says 2.08 goals per meeting, the last five say 3.8.
The venue is Villa Park in Birmingham, with room for 42,640 spectators.