About Match
2 points and 11 places separate them: Sunderland U21 13th with 3, Stoke City U21 24th with 1. The last five rounds place Stoke City U21 20th in the league for form — higher than their 24th in the standings. Per game in the league, Sunderland U21 score 3 and conceding 3, Stoke City U21 1 and 1.5, against a competition average of 2.05 goals per team per game. Three points here take Sunderland U21 to 6 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
Stoke City U21 have gone 5 games without a win.
The venue is Academy of Light Training Ground in South Tyneside, with room for 3,500 spectators.




