About Match
4 points for Sunderland (12th), 5 for Leeds United (9th): a 1-point gap. Leeds United rank 5th in the league on five-round form, well above their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Sunderland score 1 and conceding 1, Leeds United 1 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game. If Sunderland win, their total rises to 7 and up to 3rd, overtaking Leeds United, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Leeds United carry a 9-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
Across 17 recorded meetings, Sunderland have 6 wins to Leeds United's 7, with 4 draws, at 1.94 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 41% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 24% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue is Stadium of Light in Sunderland, with room for 48,707 spectators.




