On Tuesday evening, from 19:45pm, Sunderland receives Burton Albion’s visit, in the 7th round of League One, the third step of English football. The hosts come after a modest series of results, with eliminations from the English Cup and defeats in the Checkatrade Trophy, with Leicester U21 and Scunthorpe. Overall, however, the goal of “black cats” is to promote in the second league.
The hosts are favorites to win, although in the last two they have played three times with Burton, and the yellow-blacks have lost undefeated each time: two 2-1 victories and a 1-1 draw, even at the Stadium of Light! Sunderland may have great difficulties this time too. Last stage, Burton lost to Peterborough, 0-1, at the time when Sunderland stumbled in front of their fans by a rival in the fight for promotion: 1-1 with Coventry. So, enough gaps in Tuesday’s favorite game.
Sunderland are 10th (goalscoring 23-17) and have only two wins in the last five stages, a series that has thrown the red-and-white out of the play-off area. Burton is 15th, six points behind Sunderland, with an 18-16 goal and a rather anemic offensive. With three stages without victory, Albion comes to play defensively in this move, where he “sells” the X. Set in a compact 4-5-1 system, the team coached by Nigel Clough has enough experience not to clash in front of an opponent far from pretentious.
PREDICTION: Sunderland to win @ 2,05
