Match Report
68 points for Bristol City (6th), 76 for Sunderland (4th): an 8-point gap. On recent form Sunderland sat only 24th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Bristol City 1.28 scored and 1.2 conceded per game, Sunderland 1.26 and 0.96, with the league averaging 1.23.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bristol City 2, draws 4, Sunderland 1, at 2.71 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 14% of the wins in this matchup. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
Robins High Performance Centre staged the fixture, a ground that holds 21,497. On the scoreboard, Sunderland led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Bristol City: Ross McCrorie (76'), Robert Dickie (55') · Sunderland: Eliezer Mayenda (31')
Key stats
Possession: Bristol City 77% · Sunderland 23% · Total shots: 27-4 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 5-2