About Sunderland, I look at the footballing page named FBREF and there are quite a few interesting numbers so far in this Championship season. 1. xG scored: 17.9 [14th highest out of 24] 2. Non-penalty xG scored: 17.1 [11th highest out of 24] 3. Goals scored-xG scored: +5.1 [top] 4. Non-penalty goals scored-non-penalty xG scored: +4.9 [top] 5. Total shots: 174 [14th out of 24] 6. Total shots on target: 56 [joint 11th with 2 other teams] 7. Shot conversion rate: 13,21% [2nd highest just behind Norwich City]
I think Hull could be in trouble this season. There is always at least one team who finds themselves in the battle to stay up from the ones that you wouldn’t expect to be.
@ I personally think it will be Leeds, Sheff United and Burnley that goes up but Sunderland do have a huge chance this year, I think Boro will fall short yet again as we always seem to do but honestly anything can happen
My top 6 and relegation predictions based on current form 1st Sunderland 2nd Sheffield United 3rd Leeds United (play off winners) 4th Burnley (runners up) 5th Watford 6th Millwall Relegated 22nd Luton Town 23rd QPR 24th Portsmouth
I believe all teams could be included, since mathematically they can all get promoted. Last year Doncaster Rovers was flirting with relegation for half the season and then made the playoffs with an amazing run. I'm predicting Leeds and Burnley top 2 and West Brom to win the playoffs.
Many teams should reinforce in Jan. Will be surprised if Kwame Poku remains at Peterborough. Posh don't seem to be going up, and so many teams even at the top of the Championship are struggling to score goals rn.
HI Matt - enjoy your blogs - wouldn't disagree much with your assessment for top four, but I think Burnley, aren't so strong as previously. SAFC owners will definitely strengthen (possibly big time!) in Jan - we've got some amazing skilful players, and potentially have more gears to go through yet. Game is on! Cov have decent players - You should be OK. Cheers Jim
Although we are top, injuries and suspensions are going to cost us going into December. In my opinion if we had turned those recent 3 draws into wins, I would have been more confident, but Leeds and Sheff United would be my top 2. Can't rule out Middlesbrough either, but quite a few teams are having sporadic wins and losses in their games so far.
It’s hard to call this season I don’t particularly think Sheffield United are good the biggest threat for me is boro they create so many chances just don’t score them but recently seem to have clicked, if Leeds can sort the away form out then they walk the league but Farke struggles when a team low blocks them, Burnley are a poor team with a poor manager I don’t think they get top 6 as for us I do think we go up but through the play offs we’ve got about 5 first team players out for the Millwall game so it’s not ideal
Thats the rollercoaster. Enjoy the Championship, 3 game weeks, NO VAR and see your team win, its like when life was normal. Premier league, take the money and run.
Love how people keep saying Sunderland and sheff utd if they spend and strengthen in the january window.....have they even got a fiver to spend between them?? 😂😂😂
I reckon we survive this season and get relegated the next. We're built on a philosophy that completely misunderstands what makes a football team win games.
The only thing that can stop Leeds is Leeds. I've been a fan of Leeds since 86 and I've learnt, there's an easy way, a hard way, a near impossible way and the Leeds way. My 3 teams to get promoted, Leeds, Sheffield Utd and Burnley
Sheff Utd have one of the worse records in the league regards playoffs. Lost all 5 playoff finals and not even scored a goal. Also failed to win their last 7 fa cup semi finals and both both EFL semi finals. Basically Sheff Utd are doomed when it comes to massive one off games. This explains why some SU fans boycott any matches played at Wembley.
@sheffsteel7 I hear you, but there just seems something more to them this season; a year in the prem plus some good additions (not least O'Hare of course) makes me think they are in with a good shout at it.
@@dunwin1 Well yer in with more than an equal shout, that's for sure. Biggest game of your season coming up against S'land and imo,winners have every chance of winning the league. Proper 6 pointer.
we are starting to miss some players and our squad isn,t the strongest but we are still up there and if we have good jan in the transfer market we will get promoted.
Sunderland Leeds & Sheff U beat Boro in playoffs. Hopefully we go up this year if not we're gonna get raided for rigg Jobe Cirkin and a few others ❤️⚪️🐈⬛️
Before a ball was kicked I predicted Sunderland and Burnley for automatic promotion and there will be a dog fight for 3rd place between Leeds, WBA, Sheff Utd and Sheff Wed who I hope will go on a strong run and nail them all!
Hard to look past The Blades and Leeds for automatic. Sunderland may fade with a young side but hold onto a play off spot. Burnley don't look as good as last time, Parker not got a Mitrovic or Solanke to bail him out. Millwall as a wild card to make play offs.
Still a very long way to go but Sheffield United can win the Championship title if the present run of form is anything to go by. Reinforcments will be needed in the next transfer window and it's sounding as if the takeover of the Blades is FINALLY going to happen, HOPEFULLY !! ⚔️UTB⚔️
Hopefully dem blades go up as champs but it’s hard to call with Leeds being among the favourites but regardless 1. Sheff Utd (c) 2. Leeds Utd 3. Sunderland Going out on a limb and I’m gonna say the black cats
Sheffield United a completely different team from the one which started the Premier League season, only 3 players involved now. Only conceeded 2 goals at home, they were both in the first home game back in august.
@@idi0tdetectioninprogressyou have only conceded 2 goals at home because you've only played 1 team from the top 10 at home 😂😂....that's like me saying "sheff utd have only scored 1 goal at home this season against teams in the top 10 so they must be poor at attacking" 😂😂
@@jamiesteven76 Your comment makes absolutely no sense. Scoring goals is the object of the game, and most teams do it successfully, regardless of league position. We've played 5 teams who have scored more goals than West Brom, so don't they have the right to be in 5th? Conversely the only teams still in single figures for goals conceded are all in the top 5. So all it proves is that if anything, its goals conceeded which have more bearing on league position. Keeping clean sheets on a strong and consistent basis is worthy of merit in its own right. Nothing to do with league position.
@@idi0tdetectioninprogress no sense??....you are saying you are great at home defensively.....you have only played 1 team in the top 10 at home so the test will come when you actually come up against quality at home.....as for the comment in your last paragraph about "nothing to do with league position"...what do you think teams play the game for?...to finish anywhere in the league?? 😂😂
That's a bold trio prediction, whether Tipping them for promotion or relegation😳 Promotion they haven't a chance and I'd say a possible 1 out of the 3 for relegation.
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1st Leeds United
2nd Luton Town
3rd Derby County
4th Sheffield United
5th Norwich City
6th Burnley
@@marcpeters5529 I’m a Luton fan thank you for putting them in the top 2 maybe we bring in a premier league like manager like Parker If Edwards goes
1st Leeds
2nd Burnley
3rd Sheffield Utd
4th Sunderland
5th West brom
6th Watford
Sunderland win the play offs!
1st Sheffield United
2nd Leeds United
3rd Sunderland
4th Burnley
5th West Brom
6th Millwall
Leeds and sunderland and middlesbrough promotion
Clever breakdown Matt, good analysis and points made
Good review Matt spot on about Coventry having to get the right manager
Love how you snuck Coventry in the table there 😂😂
Jokes aside great analysis and another amazing video as per usual
Leeds United, Sheffield United and Sunderland to get promoted
I hope to God Sheffield United doesn't get promoted again
Shef utd no way
Sunderland won't 2 -0 up the city no manager and they fucked it up Sunderland will fall off. Leeds west brom Burnley
@ West Brom
@@kaylanlaytonthey’ve got the most points this season without the deduction
About Sunderland,
I look at the footballing page named FBREF and there are quite a few interesting numbers so far in this Championship season.
1. xG scored: 17.9 [14th highest out of 24]
2. Non-penalty xG scored: 17.1 [11th highest out of 24]
3. Goals scored-xG scored: +5.1 [top]
4. Non-penalty goals scored-non-penalty xG scored: +4.9 [top]
5. Total shots: 174 [14th out of 24]
6. Total shots on target: 56 [joint 11th with 2 other teams]
7. Shot conversion rate: 13,21% [2nd highest just behind Norwich City]
Promoted - Leeds, Sheff United, Sunderland
Relegated - Hull, Portsmouth, QPR
I think Hull could be in trouble this season. There is always at least one team who finds themselves in the battle to stay up from the ones that you wouldn’t expect to be.
Leeds and Sheffield Utd top two. Middlesbrough to win playoffs
Safc fan here I would of settled for top 6 at the start, I would also take it at the end our squads not big enough ❤❤
Amazing video 👏🎉
I’d love it to be Leeds, Boro and Sunderland but I don’t see it happening
I do think sunderland get promoted but probs not by being top
@ I personally think it will be Leeds, Sheff United and Burnley that goes up but Sunderland do have a huge chance this year, I think Boro will fall short yet again as we always seem to do but honestly anything can happen
Major Sunlun fan here. I think they can definitely finish top 2, assuming they stay healthy and strengthen a bit in January.
Sunderland / Burnley/ Middlesbrough / West brom / Watford
Sunderland, Burnley and leeds
Sunderland Leeds Burnley
Burnley
Leeds Utd
Middlesbrough
Sheffield Utd
West Brom
Stoke City
You haven't a clue lol STOKE REALLY😂😂😂😂
Sheffield Utd
Leeds Utd
Middlesbrough
Sunderland
Millwall
Burnley
Stoke 😂😂
Defo a S'land hater !!
Blades, Boro direct, and Sunderland play offs winner.
Spot on I think, Leeds will finish 3rd, but Sunderland will beat them in Play-off final.
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You may change your views at xmas Matt !!! Always some crazy results to set the cat among the pigeons 😂😂
My top 6 and relegation predictions based on current form
1st Sunderland
2nd Sheffield United
3rd Leeds United (play off winners)
4th Burnley (runners up)
5th Watford
6th Millwall
Relegated
22nd Luton Town
23rd QPR
24th Portsmouth
I’m a Luton fan that doesn’t look like Luton because Luton always have a weird feeling half way through the season they always find a way to come back
I believe all teams could be included, since mathematically they can all get promoted. Last year Doncaster Rovers was flirting with relegation for half the season and then made the playoffs with an amazing run. I'm predicting Leeds and Burnley top 2 and West Brom to win the playoffs.
This is a real tricky one, as still a long way to go. I think Burnley and Sheffield United more likely to last the distance.
1. Leeds, 2. Middlesboro, 3. Watford, 4. Sheff Utd, 5. WBA, 6.Bristol City, Going down: 22. Hull City, 23. Luton, 24. QPR. Sheff Utd to win playoff.
Sunderland 1st, Leeds 2nd, Watford play offs
Sunderland 1st would be my dream but the championship is a hard league I think get promoted fire play offs I think
I think Leeds United, Sheffield United and Sunderland look strong, but Burnley or West Brom could also get promoted
Leeds no play offs please 🙏
I think the current top 3 will get promoted. Leeds and Blades automatically. Sunderland via the play-offs.
Leeds Sunderland Bristol City
Leeds and Shef utd for automatics , Burnley to win play offs, I think the top 6 will be quite frantic throughout the season though.
Burnley Sheff U Auto, Leeds Sunderland Middlesboro West Brom with Baggies up via play-offs
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Leeds United, Sheffield United and Sunderland AFC
Burnley ,untied ,Sunderland , that’s who I predicted before the season of the season other 2 right but Burnley wrong 😢
Anything for you Sophie 😊
Sheffield United, Sunderland, West Bromwich
@@stefano.b65stef77West Brom won’t go up 😅
Many teams should reinforce in Jan. Will be surprised if Kwame Poku remains at Peterborough. Posh don't seem to be going up, and so many teams even at the top of the Championship are struggling to score goals rn.
West Brim, Watford, Borough.. Big teams.. Its going be very tight AND competitive. 😮
1. Leeds 2.. Sunderland 3. Sheff. United
1 Sunderland
2 Leeds
3 The Blades(win playoffs)
HI Matt - enjoy your blogs - wouldn't disagree much with your assessment for top four, but I think Burnley, aren't so strong as previously. SAFC owners will definitely strengthen (possibly big time!) in Jan - we've got some amazing skilful players, and potentially have more gears to go through yet. Game is on!
Cov have decent players - You should be OK. Cheers Jim
Leeds United Sheffield Utd Promotion winners. Millwall Play Off winners
Although we are top, injuries and suspensions are going to cost us going into December. In my opinion if we had turned those recent 3 draws into wins, I would have been more confident, but Leeds and Sheff United would be my top 2. Can't rule out Middlesbrough either, but quite a few teams are having sporadic wins and losses in their games so far.
It’s hard to call this season I don’t particularly think Sheffield United are good the biggest threat for me is boro they create so many chances just don’t score them but recently seem to have clicked, if Leeds can sort the away form out then they walk the league but Farke struggles when a team low blocks them, Burnley are a poor team with a poor manager I don’t think they get top 6 as for us I do think we go up but through the play offs we’ve got about 5 first team players out for the Millwall game so it’s not ideal
Sunderland
Burnley
Westbrom
Sheff unt. Sunderland Leeds
How can Luton drop off that much so quickly? Top two Leeds and Sunderland. Just a guess.
1. Sheffield United
2. Sunderland
Playoffs
Sheffield Wednesday
Who you buy your gear off? Must be good
@@ozzy3965What are you on about?
Must be some banging marching powder ya sniffing to comment this 😂😂
Stay off the crack son
My championship Top 6 predictions
1 Leeds United
2 Sheffield United
3 Sunderland
4 West Brom
5 Burnley
6 Bristol City
I like that, Bristol City!
Whoever goes up,how will they cope in the premier league,answer is relegation ,misery all the way
Thats the rollercoaster. Enjoy the Championship, 3 game weeks, NO VAR and see your team win, its like when life was normal. Premier league, take the money and run.
Leeds, Brough, Sheff utd win playoff
I think Burnley Leeds and Sunderland
Leeds Sunderland and Burnley
I don't think you can go past the top 3 atm. Sunderland, Sheffield United and Leeds
Sunderland fan. Home record is great and we play good against the better teams away. Sheffield United and West Brom are going to be massive
I can see Sunderland. Leeds and Boro.
Leeds United win the league
Sheffield United runners up
Burnley win playoffs
1 sheffield united
2 leeds
3 sunderland
4 west brom
5 burnley
6 watford
Sunderland wins playoffs
Love how people keep saying Sunderland and sheff utd if they spend and strengthen in the january window.....have they even got a fiver to spend between them?? 😂😂😂
Not Blunderland, Leeds, Burnley, and Sheff Utd
Leeds
Sheffield United
Burnley
Sunderland
Boro
WBA
Sunderland win playoffs
Sunderland, WB Albion, Blackburn
Predictions
1 Leeds United
2 Luton Town
3 Derby County
4 Sheffield United
5 Norwich City
6 Burnley
Luton 2nd 😭😭😭😭
Luton fans still think they will get promoted 😂 and derby Third 😂 zero ball knowledge
Stay off the crack son
Take more water with it pal
Are those yer candidates for relegation??? I'd take Leeds out of there if I was you mate😊
Where will Coventry City finish this season?
8th
19th
21st
I reckon we survive this season and get relegated the next. We're built on a philosophy that completely misunderstands what makes a football team win games.
11th IMO
Leeds Burnley Sheffield U.
The only thing that can stop Leeds is Leeds. I've been a fan of Leeds since 86 and I've learnt, there's an easy way, a hard way, a near impossible way and the Leeds way. My 3 teams to get promoted, Leeds, Sheffield Utd and Burnley
Cov fan. Leeds, Burnley automatics, Sheffield Utd via playoffs my prediction.
Sheff Utd have one of the worse records in the league regards playoffs. Lost all 5 playoff finals and not even scored a goal. Also failed to win their last 7 fa cup semi finals and both both EFL semi finals. Basically Sheff Utd are doomed when it comes to massive one off games. This explains why some SU fans boycott any matches played at Wembley.
@sheffsteel7 I hear you, but there just seems something more to them this season; a year in the prem plus some good additions (not least O'Hare of course) makes me think they are in with a good shout at it.
@@dunwin1 Well yer in with more than an equal shout, that's for sure.
Biggest game of your season coming up against S'land and imo,winners have every chance of winning the league. Proper 6 pointer.
'THE BLADES, THE BLADES And the BLADES 😊
we are starting to miss some players and our squad isn,t the strongest but we are still up there and if we have good jan in the transfer market we will get promoted.
unpopular opinion but I think Lampard would get Coventry in the playoffs
1.Sheffield United
2.Sunderland
3.Leeds
4.Burnley
5.West Brom
6.Watford Win the Play offs
Note: I am a hornets fan
Sunderland Leeds & Sheff U beat Boro in playoffs. Hopefully we go up this year if not we're gonna get raided for rigg Jobe Cirkin and a few others ❤️⚪️🐈⬛️
Before a ball was kicked I predicted Sunderland and Burnley for automatic promotion and there will be a dog fight for 3rd place between Leeds, WBA, Sheff Utd and Sheff Wed who I hope will go on a strong run and nail them all!
Luton Town top 10 COYH
Hard to look past The Blades and Leeds for automatic. Sunderland may fade with a young side but hold onto a play off spot. Burnley don't look as good as last time, Parker not got a Mitrovic or Solanke to bail him out. Millwall as a wild card to make play offs.
Leeds, Sunderland and west brom from the playoffs
Leeds 1st, Sunderland 2nd, Blackburn 6th playoffs
Still a very long way to go but Sheffield United can win the Championship title if the present run of form is anything to go by. Reinforcments will be needed in the next transfer window and it's sounding as if the takeover of the Blades is FINALLY going to happen, HOPEFULLY !!
⚔️UTB⚔️
1st - Sunderland
2nd - Leeds
Playoffs - West Brom or Watford
Burnley will
No
Leeds 1st
Sheffield united 2nd
Burnley playoffs
Leeds burnley and Sunderland
Leeds, Sheffield and possibly burnley. I think Sunderlands owner will fire the staff if they don’t win a game over the next 3 and torpedo their season
if we strengthen that defence in jan and keep hold of the best player in the league in Doak we will get top 2
Sheffield Wednesday, Luton and Sheffield United maybe
Hopefully dem blades go up as champs but it’s hard to call with Leeds being among the favourites but regardless
1. Sheff Utd (c)
2. Leeds Utd
3. Sunderland
Going out on a limb and I’m gonna say the black cats
Sunderland have a star player, but collectively they need to produce more. I hope they make it. Sheffield United just were in the PL and did nothing.
They broke the record for more goals conceded in the Prem. 😂
Sheffield United a completely different team from the one which started the Premier League season, only 3 players involved now. Only conceeded 2 goals at home, they were both in the first home game back in august.
@@idi0tdetectioninprogressyou have only conceded 2 goals at home because you've only played 1 team from the top 10 at home 😂😂....that's like me saying "sheff utd have only scored 1 goal at home this season against teams in the top 10 so they must be poor at attacking" 😂😂
@@jamiesteven76 Your comment makes absolutely no sense. Scoring goals is the object of the game, and most teams do it successfully, regardless of league position. We've played 5 teams who have scored more goals than West Brom, so don't they have the right to be in 5th?
Conversely the only teams still in single figures for goals conceded are all in the top 5. So all it proves is that if anything, its goals conceeded which have more bearing on league position.
Keeping clean sheets on a strong and consistent basis is worthy of merit in its own right. Nothing to do with league position.
@@idi0tdetectioninprogress no sense??....you are saying you are great at home defensively.....you have only played 1 team in the top 10 at home so the test will come when you actually come up against quality at home.....as for the comment in your last paragraph about "nothing to do with league position"...what do you think teams play the game for?...to finish anywhere in the league?? 😂😂
Portsmouth fc
SUNDERLAND SHEFFIELD LEEDS ... these 3 teams are gona be battling it out i think
SHEFFIELD AS IN WEDNESDAY OF COURSE!
Swansea, stoke and Oxford
That's a bold trio prediction, whether Tipping them for promotion or relegation😳
Promotion they haven't a chance and I'd say a possible 1 out of the 3 for relegation.
@patrickwatkiss7872 jokes mate🤣🤣
@@fifaskill111 In which case they're the perfect choice!😁
I remember my first beer
West brom have a shot
if you believe your team still has a chance, i still believe Stoke will at least make play offs!!!
I can’t believe you said the drawthorns when u support Coventry who are a free 3 points right now
It's a fact that West Brom get alot of draws, cheer up mate
@ I know but even still
Sheff utd and Burnley in automatic spots, Leeds via Play offs. Keep saying Stoke will go down please ...
Leeds Sheffield Utd and Burnley
Wouldn't love to see Burnley back up either. They also failed miserably.
Watford a sneaky chance of promotion?
Sheffield United
Sunderland
Boro playoffs
Blades will win the league imo (from a pafc supporter)
Possible with Coops in net 💪
Leeds, Burnley top 2 and Sunderland play offs
Sheffield United , Leeds an WBA
Burnley, Sunderland and west brom
I think sunderland will win the league
Sheff Utd
Boro
Leeds play off winners
Leeds champions boro/sheff u 2nd/playoff winner
Doug King will get Coventry relegated