Sunderland vs Southend Predictions

Sunderland lost 1-0 at Shrewsbury Town last time out and will be looking forward to returning to more familiar surroundings this weekend as they have won their last three home games. Southend United’s fortunes didn’t change in Sol Campbell’s first game in charge, as this weekends’ visitors went down 3-1 at home to Ipswich Town.

All of the stats suggest that Sunderland will win and at least three goals will be scored this Saturday and we’ve backed a comfortable final scoreline of 3-0 in favour of the hosts.

Sunderland have won four of their last six matches against Southend United and over 2.5 goals have been produced in each of the last four meetings between the two clubs. The hosts have also won their last three home games against Southend United, so you can see why we’ve predicted a comfortable home win for Sunderland this weekend.

The form of both clubs heading into Saturday’s clash only adds weight to our prediction for a home win, as Sunderland have won three of their last six matches while Southend United have lost five of their last six.

The performances of both sides during the last month or so suggest that we will see at least three goals scored this weekend, as over 2.5 goals were produced in three of Sunderland’s last six matches, all of which ended in victory, and over 2.5 goals were produced in four of Southend United’s last six matches, all of which ended in defeat.

Sunderland kept a clean sheet in their last home game and have scored 10 goals in their last three home games, so the hosts are clearly playing well in front of their own fans right now, while Southend have lost five of their last seven on the road. The hosts have kept clean sheets in each of their last three home games against Southend United, securing a comfortable 3-0 victory in October of last year.

We’re confident that Sunderland will win and over 2.5 goals will be scored this weekend and we have predicted a final scoreline of 3-0. The hosts are the form favourites and have a good home record against their guests, while the visitors look destined for a relegation battle and have only won twice so far this season.