Burnley v Sunderland, matchday 39 of the English League Two, takes place on Friday 31st March from 22:00 at Turf Moor Stadium, Burnley, Lancashire.
Burnley are hot favorites for direct promotion to the Premier League, while Sunderland are battling for mid-table, returning to the Championship after four seasons in League One (England’s third division).
Burnley are clear leaders of the Championship with 83 points from 37 games, 13 ahead of second-placed Sheffield United and 16 ahead of third-placed Middlesbrough (the top two are promoted directly, 3-6 participates in the playoffs according to the elimination system, the winner will go to the Premier League).
The team coached by Vicente Kompany, a former Belgium international who had a career at Anderlecht, Hamburg and Manchester City, is on a 17-game unbeaten run in the league (this season he has only suffered two league defeats and has 24 wins).
In addition, Burnley have the most efficient attack in the Championship with 74 goals scored and the strongest defense with 29 goals conceded.
However, Burnley suffered an emphatic 6-0 defeat by Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals, which came just three days after a 3-1 Championship success at Hull City.
Sunderland are 11th with 53 points from 38 games, seven points behind sixth-placed Millwall, the last team to secure a place in the promotion play-offs, but 17 points above Huddersfield “, which is ranked 22nd, the first place that can be returned (22nd place). -24 heading to the first league).
In their first season after promotion, the team led by Tony Mowbray (a former footballer who spent 10 seasons at Middlesbrough, four at Celtic Glasgow and five at Ipswich Town) is far from the Premier League, especially , that in the last they have only one victory. six games, with the Black Cats drawing 1-1 at home to Luton Town in the previous round.
In the tour match played at the Stadium of Light, Burnie beat Sunderland 4-2 (0-2 at half-time) with goals from Tella 50, Benson 61, Zaruri 69, Brownhill 87, Diallo 16 respectively. , Nile 20.
Superbet offers odds of 1.95 on the prediction GG: Both teams will score in the match Burnley – Sunderland.
| Burnley – Sunderland | GG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.95 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
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