Sunderland v Birmingham City
Championship | Stadium of Light
Saturday, 11 November 2023 @ 12.30pm
Birmingham City travel to Sunderland on Saturday lunchtime in the Championship.
The visitors come into the game on the back of a draw in their last match, having tied with Ipswich Town 2-2 at home, with goals from Cameron Burgess and Jay Stansfield.
The Black Cats also drew their last match, 0-0 against Swansea City.
In Jack Clarke, Sunderland have the league's most on-form striker so far this season. He has notched nine goals in 15 appearances.
His goal rate of one every 146 minutes is quicker than that of Stansfield, Birmingham's top scorer with a goal every 175 minutes, and a total of five goals in 12 games.
With 24 goals in 15 games so far this season, the Black Cats are scoring more than average in the league with 1.6 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 16 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.
City, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.2 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.
The home team are eighth in the table after 15 games, of which they have won seven and drawn two, earning 23 points.
The Blues are seven places behind Sunderland in 15th, with five wins and four draws putting them on 19 points.
Sunderland are in mixed form in the Championship, with two wins and a draw from their last six games.
And also with two wins and a draw over that period, the visitors' form is identical – they have both taken seven points from 18.
Over the last two years, Sunderland and Birmingham have played each other twice. Sunderland won both of them.
Their last meeting was on April 15, when Sunderland won 2-1 at home.