In this 33rd week match, on Sat Feb 18th, Sunderland hosts Bristol City at Stadium Of Light in a meeting of these two Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 5th placed Sunderland, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Queens Park Rangers. Luke O’Nien scored the first goal for Sunderland in the 34th minute, then Jack Clarke added another in the 82nd minute on a feed from Amad Traoré In the end, Queens Park Rangers was frustrated by Sunderland’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sunderland ended the match with the shutout victory. Sunderland should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Bristol City, recorded a 1-1 draw against Wigan Athletic. Robert Atkinson struck first for Bristol City in the 36th minute on a feed from Anis Mehmeti, then in the 65th minute, Max Power sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ashley Fletcher squeezing out at least the one point for Wigan Athletic. Bristol City is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 6th, Bristol City hosted Sunderland at the Ashton Gate Stadium in their last match together. Sunderland won by a score of 3 to 2. Ellis Simms struck first for Sunderland in the 4th minute, but Andreas Weimann got the equalizer for Bristol City in the 10th minute , but luckily for Sunderland it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win.
Bristol City’s most prolific scorer has been Samuel Bell. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Jack Clarke has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Sunderland.