- 伯恩利在锦标赛中在草皮沼泽保持不败。
- 桑德兰在过去的七场客场比赛中只赢了一场。
- 克莱尔队在过去的九场主场比赛中只丢了两个球。
促销对手周五发生冲突
周五晚上，当伯恩利对阵桑德兰时，锦标赛的两名自动晋级竞争者将在草皮沼泽相遇。
东道主的胜利将使他们至少暂时排在积分榜首位，而桑德兰的胜利将让他们超越东道主，与领头羊利兹并列53分。
黑猫队在8月份的反向比赛中以1比0获胜，但凭借主场优势，我预计克莱尔队本周会扳平比分。
这两支球队是锦标赛中唯一保持主场不败纪录的球队，伯恩利可以通过取得胜利来保持他们的完整。
桑德兰的客场表现最近有所下降，因为他们在过去的七场比赛中只赢了一场，在过去的四场比赛中输掉了两场。Wearside队在客场也为进球而苦苦挣扎；在这七场客场比赛中，有四场是平局；伯恩利在东兰开夏郡很难被击败，这对客队来说可能是令人沮丧的90分钟。
克莱尔队在过去的六场比赛中赢得了三场主场比赛，并在他们抽签的比赛中占据了主导地位，除了在一场相当公平的比赛中与米德尔斯堡队战成1-1平。
考虑到价格因素，主场胜利似乎是我们在这里的主要赌注，但这可能是一场低得分的比赛，克莱尔队以1比0获胜是我正确的得分预测。
桑德兰在过去的七场比赛中有四场是零失球，伯恩利在整个赛季的12场主场比赛中只丢了4球，在过去的九场比赛中，有七场保持零失球。然而，斯科特·帕克的球队在主场场均只有1.25个进球，所以他们可能会在争夺英超联赛席位的战斗中以1比0战胜一个关键对手。
- Burnley are unbeaten at Turf Moor in the Championship.
- Sunderland have won just one of their last seven away.
- The Clarets have only conceded two goals across their last nine home games.
Promotion rivals clash on Friday
Two of the Championship’s automatic promotion contenders meet at Turf Moor on Friday night as Burnley take on Sunderland.
A win for the hosts would see them move to the top of the table, temporarily at least, while a victory for Sunderland would see them leapfrog their hosts and move them level on 53 points with pacesetters Leeds.
The Black Cats won 1-0 when these sides met in the reverse fixture in August but with home advantage I’m expecting the Clarets to even the score this week.
These two teams are the only sides left in the Championship with unbeaten home records and Burnley can keep their intact by picking up a win.
Sunderland’s away form has dipped of late as they have just one win in their last seven trips, losing two of their last four. The Wearside outfit have also struggled for goals on the road – drawing blanks in four of those seven away games – and with Burnley tough to break down in East Lancashire it could be a frustrating 90 minutes for the visitors.
The Clarets have won three of their last six at home and have dominated in the games they’ve drawn, with the exception of a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough in what was a fairly even contest.
A home win looks a strong play for our main bet here when taking the prices into consideration but it could be a low scoring affair and a 1-0 win for the Clarets is my correct score prediction.
Sunderland have drawn blanks in four of their last seven trips and Burnley have conceded just four goals in 12 games at home all season, keeping clean sheets in seven of their last nine. However, Scott Parker’s side are only averaging 1.25 goals-per-game at home themselves so they may settle for a hard-fought 1-0 victory over a key rival in the battle for a place in the Premier League.
