Sunderland vs Rotherham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 31st August 2022

Rotherham head to Stadium of Light as the clear underdogs for a Championship round seven match with Sunderland on Wednesday. Given how the odds are stacked against them, anything apart from a defeat will be a surprise. Sunderland hope to extend their grip on Rotherham, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 1-0 and 4-1, respectively.

Placed 12 in the table Sunderland have amassed eight points after six matches. On nine points, Rotherham rank fifth with six matches this season.

Entering the match on Wednesday as favourite, Sunderland will be looking to squeeze past Rotherham in the Championship table with a win. While not an impossible task, the visitors are of course highly motivated to at least maintain the current gap.

Sunderland scored 15 goals, conceded 14 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Rotherham scored ten goals, conceded six and kept their opponents from scoring four times in ten matches.

Sunderland vs Rotherham Prediction

It is all or nothing with Sunderland presently. They first went down 2-1 in an encounter with Sheffield United, to which they replied by beating Stoke0-1. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side, when they lost 1-0 against Norwich. In their last six Championship matches at home, Sunderland have one win, while they've drawn three and lost two.

Aiming for a season well away from the relegation-line Sunderland are continually collecting enough points to look comfortable.

Rotherham collected four points from a possible nine in their last three matches. An encounter with Queens P.R. brought a 1-1 draw, which was followed by a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Morecambe. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail as they beat Birmingham by a 2-0 scoreline. Rotherham didn't manage a single away win in their last six Championship matches, but managed four draws, while suffering two defeats. They conceded four and scored two goals themselves.

Few would have predicted Rotherham to perform as well as they done silencing talk of relegation with nice performances.

Sunderland, as well as Rotherham, have been keeping things tight in recent matches with goals few and far between. This suggests a close encounter shy on goals is on the cards this coming Wednesday.

Sunderland vs Rotherham Stats

Sunderland vs Rotherham Team News

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

Carl Winchester, Daniel Ballard and Leon Dajaku nurses various injuries and won't take part for Sunderland against Rotherham at Stadium of Light.

Rotherham just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

Joshua Kayode nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Rotherham.

Sunderland vs Rotherham H2H

Sunderland won the last two meetings against Rotherham, as they followed up a 1-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 4-1 score. Rotherham look back on zero wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Sunderland. The home side has a 75% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 3-1-0. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Sunderland vs Rotherham Results

Sunderland vs Rotherham Betting Tips

Sunderland against Rotherham is also a battle between Ross Stewart and Richard Wood with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has three Championship goals in their last six games respectively.

Sunderland racked up six wins from a possible 10 across all tournaments at Stadium of Light, drew three and lost one. Rotherham won five of their previous 10 away, drew five and lost zero times. Does the value lie with over or under 2.5 goals, when it comes to home matches for Sunderland? Over 2.5 happened six times in their last 10 at Stadium of Light. It came out one times in 10 league matches away for Rotherham.

In the last four encounters between Sunderland and Rotherham over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Sunderland averaged 1.75 goals a game. Rotherham scored an average of 0.25 goals in these, while both teams scored one time. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the ten matches across the tournaments for Sunderland, who scored an average of one goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.5 times in those matches.