Sunderland vs Rotherham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th August 2023

Sunderland welcome Rotherham for a clash in the Championship at Stadium of Light this coming Saturday.

Sunderland are placed 21 with zero points after two matches. Rotherham occupy a position as 20 in the league on one point.

Losing the opening round of a new season is not a great start. Losing the second round as well and crisis is already looming. Sunderland won't be short on motivation to finally get their first point up on the board.

Sunderland took down Rotherham in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Saturday.

Sunderland go into their next Championship match, scoring a humble average of 1.5 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding 12. That amounts to an average of 1.2 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Rotherham hit the target 11 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.1 goals a game. They conceded 1.5 goals per match for a total of 15 goals, while claiming three clean sheets as well.

Sunderland claimed a 3-0 win, while Rotherham answered back with a 2-1 win in their two most recent meetings.

Sunderland vs Rotherham Prediction

Sunderland Form

In their last three matches, Sunderland lost 1-2 against Ipswich, drew 1-1 with Crewe, before losing to Preston by 2-1. Sunderland claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Championship. They also drew three and lost one, scored 12 goals and conceded 11.

Qualification for an international tournament is the ideal scenario Sunderland hope to accomplish by the end of the season, but everything needs to click for this to happen.

Rotherham Form

Rotherham claimed two points from their last three matches. They started by losing 4-1 at the hands of Stoke, before drawing 1-1 with Morecambe. They secured a point in their latest encounter, a 2-2 draw against Blackburn. Rotherham are winless in their last six away games in the Championship, in which they drew three and lost three. They conceded eight goals while scoring two themselves.

Rotherham will probably do well to just fend off relegated this coming season and knowing how much every point counts, they should be ready from the outset.

Bookmakers have Sunderland down as rather big favourites for the win, when Rotherham arrive at Stadium of Light. While it might prove problematic, we still believe they will come through and deliver.

Sunderland vs Rotherham Squads

Sunderland Squad

The 59-year-old coach of the home team, Tony Mowbray, will select the lineup against Rotherham from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Anthony Patterson (0/2), Nathan Bishop (0/0), Ajibola Alese (0/0), Daniel Ballard (0/2), Danny Batth (0/0), Dennis Cirkin (0/2), Jenson Seelt (0/0), Nectarios Triantis (0/0), Pierre Ekwah (0/0), Trai Hume (0/2), Alex Pritchard (0/2), Bradley Dack (0/0), Chris Rigg (0/0), Corry Evans (0/0), Daniel Neil (1/2), Elliot Embleton (0/0), Jay Matete (0/0), Jobe Bellingham (0/0), Luke O'Nien (0/2), Lynden Gooch (0/1), Patrick Roberts (0/2), Abdoullah Ba (0/2), Eliezer Mayenda (0/0), Jack Clarke (1/2), Jack Diamond (0/0), Jewison Bennette (0/0), Luis Semedo (0/2), Niall Huggins (0/1), Ross Stewart (0/0).

Rotherham Squad

Below is the full team squad of Rotherham. The manager Taylor will pick his starting XI against Sunderland from these players:

Dillon Phillips (0/0), Nathaniel Ford (0/0), Viktor Johansson (0/2), Cameron Humphreys (0/2), Cohen Bramall (0/2), Dexter Lembikisa (0/0), Grant Hall (0/0), Hakeem Odoffin (1/2), Jake Hull (0/0), Jamie Lindsay (0/0), Jamie McCart (0/0), Tolaji Bola (0/1), Tyler Blackett (0/2), Andre Green (0/0), Ben Wiles (0/2), Cafu (0/0), Ciaran McGuckin (0/0), Fred Onyedinma (1/2), Hamish Douglas (0/0), Joel Holvey (0/0), Josh Ayres (0/0), Lee Peltier (1/1), Oliver Rathbone (0/2), Shane Ferguson (0/0), Georgie Kelly (0/2), Jordan Hugill (0/2), Joshua Kayode (0/0), Sean Morrison (0/2), Tom Eaves (0/0).

Sunderland vs Rotherham Team News

Sunderland could be looking at five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Rotherham.

Dennis Cirkin, Lynden Gooch, Ajibola Alese, Danny Batth and Elliot Embleton are all absent from the Sunderland squad that faces Rotherham at Stadium of Light.

Rotherham are juggling with five absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Sunderland.

Tom Eaves, Ben Wiles, Georgie Kelly, Grant Hall and Fred Onyedinma all face a spell on the sidelines for Rotherham due to various injuries.

Sunderland vs Rotherham Lineups

Sunderland vs Rotherham H2H

Sunderland claimed a 3-0 win, while Rotherham answered back with a 2-1 win in their two most recent meetings. Sunderland go into their upcoming match against Rotherham with a 67% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-1-1 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Sunderland vs Rotherham Results

In two of the previous six matches between Sunderland and Rotherham both teams scored.

Sunderland vs Rotherham Betting Tips

It is the beginning of a new Championship campaign, and both Sunderland and Rotherham will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Sunderland collected two wins, drew six and lost two in the 10 most games across all tournaments at Stadium of Light. Rotherham won three of their previous 10 away, drew four and lost three times. Sunderland conceded at least once in their last 10 matches on home soil, whereas Rotherham managed five clean sheets in their 10 latest outings away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the last six encounters between these two teams. Sunderland managed an average of 1.84 goals, with Rotherham averaging 0.5 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet two times in this run of matches. In their previous ten matches across all tournaments Sunderland saw over 2.5 goals scored eight times, and they scored 2.3 goals on average during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Rotherham, who managed to score 1.5 times in those matches.