Championship Sunderland vs Leicester City
Sunderland finished sixth last season as a promoted horse and qualified for the promotion play-offs, but unfortunately they finally lost the play-offs, and this season's team has performed in the middle, currently ranking tenth with a record of 14 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses, and the points gap between the promotion zone and the relegation zone is large, and the league pressure is not great. Although there is no pressure on relegation, the team management is obviously "ambitious", and as soon as the team is in decline, it immediately made drastic changes, firing head coach Bill, and now assistant coach Hayes leads the team, but the team is still losing consecutive games in the last three league games, and the change of coach such as a knife did not happen to Sunderland. It is worth noting that the team's recent attack and defense have been nothing but nothing, and the impact of Leicester City is in danger.
Leicester City, as a relegated team in the Premier League, has lost a lot of core players, but it is still the leader in the Championship. The team currently ranks first in the table with a record of 25 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, but only 3 points ahead of Ipswich and Leeds United 5 points behind him, which is obviously completely unacceptable for Leicester City, which aims to win the league title, and the team is now indeed at the stage of going all out to sprint, after all, there are still 11 rounds in the Championship, and this slight lead may not guarantee that the team can successfully lift the league championship trophy. The biggest problem of Leicester City at this stage is that the strikers are not in good shape, and Leicester City is a team that mainly focuses on defensive counter-attacking tactics, and it is normal for the team to have a poor record after losing its previous offensive advantage.
In the first leg at the beginning of the season, Leicester City beat Sunderland 1-0 at home, and in the last 10 meetings between the two sides, Leicester City also had a slight advantage of 4 wins and 3 losses. Although Sunderland also has a lot of points demand, but compared to Leicester City, Sunderland is obviously behind the opponent in terms of overall strength and tactical play, and Leicester City's recent poor results are mainly due to the lack of offensive strength, and the team's defensive ability has not changed much.