Our prediction for this Championship match:
Following a massive 5-1 loss to Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland will be aiming to return to winning ways in the Championship when they take on Bristol City on Matchday 41. The Black Cats experienced all sorts of problems at the back in their last league match and, as a result, their playoffs chances seem to be ruined. All Dack, Clarke, and Rigg are pushing for a start as Mike Dodds should make changes to the team that faced the Riversiders.
The Robins, on the other hand, have recorded three wins in the previous four league matches, meaning that they are high on confidence ahead of the trip to Tyne and Wear. As Bristol City have been in a much better form of late than Sunderland, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visiting team. The likes of Scott Twine, Sam Bell, Rob Atkinson, Ayman Benarous, Kal Naismith, and Taylor Gardner-Hickman are injured for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Nahki Wells):
Born on June 1, 1990 in Hamilton, Bermuda, Nahki Wells is a 170-cm-tall attacker who plays for the Bermuda national team. Wells is a product of Dandy Town Hornets youth academy and he continued playing for the Bermudan side at senior level.
The experienced striker played for the likes of Bermuda Hogges, Eccleshill United and Carlisle United before joining Bradford City in 2011. After spending three seasons at Valley Parade, Nahki Wells signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Huddersfield Town in the winter of 2014. In 2017 he moved to Burnley, but he played for Queens Park Rangers as a loan footballer in the 2018/2019 season.
Speaking of his international career, Wells made his debut for the Bermuda national team in 2007. He scored his first ever goal for Bermuda in the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago. The Burnley man will represent the Gombey Warriors at the 2019 Gold Cup.
Highlighted Team (Sunderland):
Sunderland are a professional football club that have been playing their home games at the Stadium of Light since 1997. The capacity of the stadium is 49,000, but before expansion the original ground capacity was 42,000. Red and White shirts are Sunderland’s trademark and the club’s fiercest rivals are Newcastle United. The two local rivals have been contesting in the Tyne-Wear derby since 1898 and there have always been fireworks in what is one of the greatest derbies in English football. Sunderland were on the verge of dropping to the Championship in the 2015/2016 Premier League campaign, but experienced tactician Sam Allardyce eventually helped the team avoid relegation.
The Black Cats have won six First Division trophies (now the Premier League), with the team lifting two FA Cup titles. Sunderland won their first FA Cup trophy in 1937, with the team beating Preston North End 3-1 in the title game. The club was founded in 1879 as Sunderland and District Teachers A.F.C.