ASTONVILLAVSUNDERLAND

Match insight

Aston Villa and Sunderland are locked together on the table, with nothing meaningful separating them. Aston Villa currently sit 1 place and 1 point above Sunderland in the table — 16th against 17th. Aston Villa have taken 5 points from their last 5, against 4 for Sunderland over the same stretch. Aston Villa's underlying rating suggests a stronger side than the actual table currently shows — about 6 places off where our metrics alone would put them.