Championship

Championship | Gameweek 20

Dec 9, 2023 at 12.30pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
2 - 1
West Brom

Ballard (70'), Neill (84')
Ballard (34')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Thomas-Asante (86')
Sarmiento (51'), Molumby (54'), Chalobah (81'), Furlong (90+3'), Thomas-Asante (90'), Pipa (90+6')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sunderland

All competitions

Last Game: Millwall 1-1 Sunderland
Saturday, December 2 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

West Bromwich Albion

All competitions

Last Game: West Brom 1-2 Leicester
Saturday, December 2 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Sunderland 1-1 West Bromwich Albion

With the likes of Bellingham and Roberts possibly returning to the side, Sunderland should have enough attacking quality to cause West Brom problems on Saturday. The nature of the defeat to Leicester and Phillips's injury have the potential to derail Albion's positive run of form, but we expect Corberan's side to battle their way to a point in the North-East. 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 44.93%. A win for West Bromwich Albion had a probability of 30.76% and a draw had a probability of 24.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.7%) and 2-0 (7.06%). The likeliest West Bromwich Albion win was 1-2 (7.39%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.33%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Sunderland in this match.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	West Bromwich Albion
44.93% ( 0.69)	24.3% ( -0.11)	30.76% ( -0.59)

Both teams to score 58.45% (

0.06)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56% (

0.21)

44% (

-0.21)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.61% (

0.2)

66.38% (

-0.21)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.26% (

0.38)

19.73% (

-0.39)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.24% (

0.62)

51.76% (

-0.62)

West Bromwich Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.83% (

-0.28)

27.17% (

0.27)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.42% (

-0.36)

62.57% (

0.36)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 44.93%

West Bromwich Albion 30.76%

Draw 24.3%

Sunderland	Draw	West Bromwich Albion
2-1 @ 9.2% ( 0.06) 1-0 @ 8.7% ( 0.02) 2-0 @ 7.06% ( 0.1) 3-1 @ 4.98% ( 0.09) 3-0 @ 3.82% ( 0.1) 3-2 @ 3.24% ( 0.04) 4-1 @ 2.02% ( 0.06) 4-0 @ 1.55% ( 0.06) 4-2 @ 1.32% ( 0.03) Other @ 3.04% Total : 44.93%	1-1 @ 11.33% ( -0.06) 2-2 @ 5.99% ( -0) 0-0 @ 5.36% ( -0.05) 3-3 @ 1.41% ( 0) Other @ 0.2% Total : 24.3%	1-2 @ 7.39% ( -0.09) 0-1 @ 6.99% ( -0.12) 0-2 @ 4.55% ( -0.11) 1-3 @ 3.21% ( -0.07) 2-3 @ 2.6% ( -0.02) 0-3 @ 1.98% ( -0.06) 1-4 @ 1.05% ( -0.03) Other @ 3% Total : 30.76%