Swansea City v Sunderland
Championship | Swansea.com Stadium
Saturday, 4 November 2023 @ 3.00pm
Swansea City host Sunderland on Saturday at the Swansea.com Stadium in the Championship.
In their last league match, on October 28, Swansea beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 away, with their goal scored by Liam Cullen.
Sunderland also won, 3-1 at home against Norwich City, with Dan Neil, Jack Clarke and Trai Hume on the scoresheet.
With 24 goals in 14 games so far this season, Sunderland are scoring more than average in the league with 1.7 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 16 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.
Swansea, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.
In Clarke, the Black Cats have the league's most on-form striker so far this season. He has notched nine goals in 14 appearances.
His goal rate of one every 136 minutes is quicker than that of Joël Piroe, City's top scorer with a goal every 235 minutes, and a total of five goals in 14 games.
In the last 10 years, Swansea and Sunderland have played each other on nine occasions. Swansea won five of them, Sunderland one, and they drew three times.
On average, the Swans scored 1.9 goals and the Black Cats 1.0 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on January 14, when Swansea won 3-1 away.
The away team are eighth in the table after 14 games, of which they have won seven and drawn one, earning 22 points.
The Swans are five places behind Sunderland in 13th, with five wins and three draws putting them on 18 points.
The hosts are in reasonable form in the Championship, with four wins and two losses from their last six games.
With three wins and three losses over that period, Sunderland's form is worse – they have taken nine points from 18, compared to Swansea's 12.