Mar 4th features a match where Stoke City will travel to Sunderland to battle Sunderland in a clash of these two mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Sunderland is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Coventry City. Jamie Allen struck first for Coventry City in the 25th minute on a feed from Viktor Gyökeres, then Viktor Gyökeres added another in the 89th minute. Sunderland is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed Stoke City, recorded a 0-1 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 30th minute on a feed from Kaoru Mitoma, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Stoke City was frustrated by Brighton & Hove Albion’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Brighton & Hove Albion ended the match with the shutout victory. Stoke City is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 20th of August, Stoke City hosted Sunderland at the Bet365 Stadium in their last match together. Sunderland won by a score of 1 to 0. Ross Stewart scored the first goal for Sunderland in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Stoke City couldn’t manage to score, and Sunderland took the shutout win.
Stoke City is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Lewis Baker and Josh Laurent each having 2 goals in their last five. Jack Clarke has been the most prolific scorer on Sunderland in his last five matches with 3 goals.