In a weekend match in week 21, on Fri Nov 11th, Birmingham City will host Sunderland at St. Andrew’s Stadium in a meeting of these two Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 11th placed Birmingham City is fresh off their 2-1 win against Stoke City. Scott Hogan struck first for Birmingham City in the 13th minute, then Harlee Dean added another in the 67th minute. Birmingham City is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while sunderland sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Cardiff City. Mark Harris struck first for Cardiff City in the 49th minute on a feed from Mahlon Romeo, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Sunderland couldn’t muster any offence and Cardiff City ran away with the shutout win. Sunderland looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Amad Traoré has been the most prolific scorer on Sunderland in the last 5 matches with two goals. Birmingham City’s top weapon lately has been Scott Hogan, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.