Match Report
The table gap was wide: 41 points between Leicester City (1st, 97 pts) and Sunderland (16th, 56 pts). Leicester City's recent output lagged their position: 6th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Sunderland were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.17, Leicester City 1.93 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Sunderland entered with four losses in a row.
Across 11 recorded meetings, Sunderland have 2 wins to Leicester City's 6, with 3 draws, at 1.82 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 64% of the meetings. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 27% of meetings. 2.8 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 1.82.
Stadium of Light in Sunderland staged the fixture, a ground that holds 49,000. On the scoreboard, Leicester City led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.