Match Report
5 points and 2 places separated them: Sunderland 5th with 84, Milton Keynes Dons 3rd with 89. The last five rounds placed Milton Keynes Dons no better than 10th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, Sunderland ran at 1.72 scored and 1.15 conceded, Milton Keynes Dons at 1.7 and 0.96.
Milton Keynes Dons's unbeaten run stood at 5. Over the last five, Sunderland had taken 4 of 15 points to Milton Keynes Dons's 11.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Sunderland, 1 draw and 1 for Milton Keynes Dons, at 3.14 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 71%.
Stadium of Light in Sunderland staged the fixture, a ground that holds 49,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.