Football / Bunker Nuggets

Birmingham v Sunderland, 15:00

• Birmingham have not drawn any of their last six league games – winning one and losing five
• Darren Bent has scored seven of his eight PL goals in the first half of matches
• Kenwyne Jones has scored four of five in the second half of games
• He has been first match goalscorer on six occasions
• Birmingham have yet to be leading a match at half time this season
• Birmingham have been drawing at half time on six occasions this season – the most in the PL.  They only won two of these games, and lost three
• Birmingham have scored one goal in a match on six occasions this season – the most in the PL.  They have yet to score more than one goal.  They have only scored two goals at home – the fewest in the league but have only conceded three at home which is bettered only by Chelsea and Burnley
• Sunderland have only scored four of their 17 goals this season away from home
• Birmingham have been beaten 0-1 on four occasions this season and Sunderland three times by the same score
• Birmingham have only received three of 13 yellow cards this season in home games but Stephen Carr is equal most booked player in the league with four yellows, along with Lorik Cana of Sunderland
• Sunderland have had three penalties this season – the most in the league
• The sides have met six times in the PL and Birmingham have only lost once, winning four times although Sunderland won the last meeting 2-0 at the SOL in Jan 2008
• Birmingham have lost their last three games but have scored in all three matches
• Birmingham have only scored first on two occasions this season and have won both games 1-0
• They have fallen behind on six occasions this season and lost all six matches
• Sunderland are three matches unbeaten and lost just one of last five
• Sunderland have scored the first goal on six occasions this term and won four of these, losing one and drawing one
• They’ve won one of three when falling behind