AFC Bournemouth vs Sunderland: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

Bournemouth have misplaced three of their 4 residence league video games in opposition to Sunderland, with the exception being a 2-0 victory in September 2015.

Following their 3-2 victory in November, Sunderland need to full their second league double over Bournemouth, after the 1989-90 second tier marketing campaign.

Only Manchester United (10) are on an extended run of unbeaten Premier League matches than Bournemouth (7 – W4 D3). Should they keep away from defeat right here, it would be their second eight sport unbeaten run in 2025-26, having gone 11 winless matches between these streaks.

Only Crystal Palace (4) and Newcastle (4) have had extra 0-0 attracts than Bournemouth (3) within the Premier League this season, with this their joint-most in a top-flight marketing campaign (additionally 3 in 2015-16 and 2019-20). Despite this, the Cherries’ Premier League video games have seen extra objectives than another facet this time period (88 – F43 A45).

Sunderland have misplaced their final three Premier League video games, as many as they’d of their earlier 12 (W4 D5). They final misplaced extra consecutively in December 2015 (5).

Sunderland have 36 factors within the Premier League this season, and an anticipated factors complete of simply 27.2. Only Aston Villa (+17.2) have overperformed their anticipated factors greater than the Black Cats this time period (8.8).

Only backside two sides Burnley (10.6%) and Wolves (8.1%) have spent a decrease share of their sport time in a profitable place than Sunderland (16.8%) within the Premier League this season.

Only Crystal Palace (38) have made fewer modifications to their beginning XI than Sunderland (40) within the Premier League this season, regardless of solely 4 groups utilizing extra totally different gamers than the Black Cats (28).

Bournemouth’s Junior Kroupi has scored eight objectives from simply 26 photographs within the Premier League this season, the most effective shot conversion fee of any participant with 20+ makes an attempt (31%).

Up to and together with their 0-0 draw with Man City on New Year’s Day, Sunderland keeper Robin Roefs had the most effective objectives prevented fee within the Premier League (4.7 – 17 objectives conceded from 21.7 xGoT). Since then he is conceded virtually 4 extra objectives than anticipated (15 objectives conceded from 11.4 xGoT), with solely Guglielmo Vicario having a worse fee in that point (4.1, 18 objectives conceded from 13.9 xGoT).