About Match
Sunderland W go into the game 2nd in the table on 7 points; Durham W sit 11th on 0 — a 7-point gap. Against a league average of 1.39 goals per team per game, Sunderland W run at 2 scored and 0.67 conceded, Durham W at 1.33 and 3. A win here leaves Sunderland W on 10 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
Four consecutive defeats weigh on Durham W, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sunderland W 6, draws 2, Durham W 3, at 3.36 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 36% of those meetings. 64% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 73%.
Eppleton Colliery Football Ground in Hetton-le-Hole stages the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500.