Championship

Championship | Gameweek 14

Oct 28, 2023 at 3pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
3 - 1
Norwich

Hume (37'), Neill (45'), Clarke (80' pen.)
Ekwah (24'), O'Nien (41'), Pritchard (89'), Semedo (90+5')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Ui-jo (23')
Fassnacht (11'), Giannoulis (61'), McLean (79'), Idah (90+5')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Sunderland and Norwich City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sunderland

All competitions

Last Game: Leicester 1-0 Sunderland
Tuesday, October 24 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Norwich City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Norwich 1-2 Middlesbrough
Tuesday, October 24 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Sunderland 2-1 Norwich City

This should prove to be an entertaining clash with both teams aware that they can catapult themselves back into contention with a win. Norwich will back themselves to prevail at the Stadium of Light, but we feel that the Black Cats will net a late goal to claim all three points. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sunderland win with a probability of 41.33%. A win for Norwich City had a probability of 33.97% and a draw had a probability of 24.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.46%) and 2-0 (6.47%). The likeliest Norwich City win was 1-2 (7.88%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.54%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sunderland would win this match.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Norwich City
41.33% ( -0.01)	24.71% ( 0.01)	33.97% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 58.34% (

-0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.29% (

-0.05)

44.71% (

0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.93% (

-0.05)

67.07% (

0.06)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.35% (

-0.03)

21.65% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.22% (

-0.04)

54.78% (

0.05)

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.47% (

-0.02)

25.54% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.61% (

-0.03)

60.39% (

0.03)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 41.33%

Norwich City 33.97%

Draw 24.7%

Sunderland	Draw	Norwich City
2-1 @ 8.84% ( -0) 1-0 @ 8.46% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 6.47% ( 0) 3-1 @ 4.51% ( -0) 3-0 @ 3.3% ( -0) 3-2 @ 3.08% ( -0) 4-1 @ 1.72% ( -0) 4-0 @ 1.26% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.18% ( -0) Other @ 2.52% Total : 41.33%	1-1 @ 11.54% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 6.03% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 5.53% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.4% ( -0) Other @ 0.2% Total : 24.7%	1-2 @ 7.88% ( 0) 0-1 @ 7.55% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 5.15% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 3.59% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.74% ( -0) 0-3 @ 2.34% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1.22% ( -0) 2-4 @ 0.94% ( -0) Other @ 2.55% Total : 33.97%