Sunderland vs Bristol Rovers Predictions

• Sunderland have won each of their 3 previous matches against Bristol Rovers.
• Sunderland have won-to-nil the last 2 times they have faced Bristol Rovers.
• Sunderland have scored exactly 2-goals in each of their 3 previous matches against Bristol Rovers.
• Sunderland have kept 5 clean sheets in their last 6 league games.

Sunderland are very strong at home and have proven hard to score against

Sunderland won 1-0 away at Oxford last time out while Bristol Rovers won 2-1 at home against Blackpool, meaning the gap between the two clubs remains at 12pts heading into Saturday’s clash. The hots are the form favourites with four wins in their last five league games and boast a 100% record against Bristol Rovers, though the pair have only met three times before.

Sunderland have scored 2-goals in each of their three meetings with Bristol Rovers, winning the last two encounters 2-0 and their first-ever meeting 2-1 back in 2018. The hosts are in great form defensively having kept clean sheets in five of their last six outings, while Bristol Rovers have failed to score in two of their last six league games. Sunderland have only scored more than 2-goals in one of their last six matches and Bristol have only conceded more than 2-goals in one of their last six outings, so you can start to see why we have backed Sunderland to win-to-nil and for the scoreline to end 2-0.

The hosts have won nine of their sixteen league games at home, only losing once, while Bristol Rovers have already lost seven times on the road. Sunderland average 2.06 points per home game while Bristol Rovers average 1.20 points per away game, which suggests that the most likely result this weekend is a home win.

Bristol Rovers have lost all of their previous encounters with Saturday’s hosts

Sunderland score an average of 1,81 goals per home game and only concede 0.63 goals while Bristol Rovers score an average of just 0.93 goals per away game and concede an average of 1.60 goals, adding further weight to our prediction for a 2-0 home win this weekend. 50% of Sunderland’s home games have produced under 2.5 goals as have 53% of Bristol Rovers’ away trips, and only 40% of the visitors’ away games have seen both teams score.

Sunderland have kept clean sheets in an impressive 44% of their home matches this season and have only failed to score in 12% while Bristol Rovers have failed to score in 53% of their away games, which is why we have backed the host to win-to-nil on Saturday. The visitors have lost-to-nil in 40% of their away games this season and a majority of Bristol Rovers’s defeats (9) have had a margin of 2 goals or more, while Sunderland have won via 2-goals or more six times so far.

We’re confident that Sunderland will win-to-nil on Saturday and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-0. The hosts have been strong at home, keeping plenty of clean sheets, and head into Saturday’s clash as the clear form favourites to beat a Bristol Rovers side that have only won one of their last six league games.