Week 3 features a match on Saturday Aug 13th, where Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers will play a match in Sunderland in a clash of these two mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. Sunderland is fresh off their 3-2 win against Bristol City. Ellis Simms scored the first goal for Sunderland in the 4th minute, then Andreas Weimann tied it up for Bristol City in the 10th minute on a feed from Zak Vyner , but fortunately for Sunderland it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Sunderland is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Queens Park Rangers, recorded a 3-2 win against Middlesbrough. Christopher Willock struck first for Queens Park Rangers in the 13th minute on a feed from Samuel Field, then Jimmy Dunne added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Ilias Chair. Queens Park Rangers is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Lyndon Dykes has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Queens Park Rangers. Sunderland is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ross Stewart and Ellis Simms each having 2 goals in their last five.