About Match
1 points and 2 places separate them: Sunderland 12th with 4, Crystal Palace 14th with 3. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Sunderland run at 1 scored and 1 conceded, Crystal Palace at 1.33 and 2.67. Sunderland would climb to 7 points with a win and up to 3rd (other results held equal).
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 4 Sunderland wins, 3 for Crystal Palace, 3 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 70% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Stadium of Light in Sunderland stages the fixture, a ground that holds 48,707.