Match Report
Sunderland, 4th with 76 points, sat 20 points above Queens Park Rangers (15th, 56). Recent form told a different story for Sunderland: only 24th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Sunderland ran at 1.26 scored and 0.96 conceded, Queens Park Rangers at 1.15 and 1.37.
Sunderland had been beaten in four straight games. From the last five rounds, Sunderland held 1 points of 15 and Queens Park Rangers 7.
The head-to-head ledger counts 15 games: 6 Sunderland wins, 4 for Queens Park Rangers, 5 draws, at 2.27 goals per meeting. Only 27% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Stadium of Light in Sunderland, capacity 49,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Queens Park Rangers led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Queens Park Rangers: Nicolas Madsen (5')