Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Sunderland (4th, 76 pts) and Swansea City (11th, 61 pts). Sunderland ranked just 24th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Sunderland were scoring 1.26 and conceding 0.96, Swansea City 1.11 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 17 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Sunderland, 7 draws and 7 for Swansea City, at 2.59 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 24% of meetings won.
Stadium of Light in Sunderland, capacity 48,707, hosted the game. F. Hallam took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Swansea City: Ben Cabango (58')