Sunderland vs Leeds Prediction & Betting Tips (4 October)

Leeds bring some phenomenal form into this fixture, having secured 11 victories in their last 16 Championship matches, including five in a row recently. The picture has been a very different one as far as Sunderland are concerned of late, with a run of seven defeats in nine games doing little to boost their survival chances in what threatens to be a hard-fought battle.

Sunderland could hardly be described as the great entertainers at the moment, as 15 of their last 16 top-flight home games, including each of the most recent 11, have served up two goals or fewer. It has been a virtually identical story as far as Leeds are concerned on their travels, with 15 of their previous 16 matches at this level also producing under 2.5 goals.

At least one of the two keepers has emerged with a clean sheet from 11 of the most recent 16 Sunderland matches on their own patch in the Championship, so thrills and spills have been few and far between. Given that seven of the previous ten Leeds away games at this level have followed the same pattern, any deviation from this script would come as a shock.