Championship

Championship | Gameweek 39

Mar 29, 2024 at 3pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
0 - 2
Sunderland

Wintle (64'), Bowler (64')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Aouchiche (12' pen.), Bellingham (27')
Styles (36')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Last Game: Swansea 2-0 Cardiff
Saturday, March 16 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sunderland

All competitions

Last Game: Sunderland 0-0 QPR
Saturday, March 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

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 39.71%. A win for Cardiff City had a probability of 33.22% and a draw had a probability of 27.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.39%) and 0-2 (7.17%). The likeliest Cardiff City win was 1-0 (9.83%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.84%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 7.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sunderland would win this match.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Sunderland
33.22% ( -0.03)	27.07% ( -0.01)	39.71% ( 0.04)

Both teams to score 50.31% (

0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

45.04% (

0.04)

54.96% (

-0.05)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.76% (

0.04)

76.24% (

-0.04)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.99% (

31.01% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.68% (

67.32% (

-0)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.93% (

0.04)

27.07% (

-0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.55% (

0.06)

62.45% (

-0.06)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 33.22%

Sunderland 39.7%

Draw 27.07%

Cardiff City	Draw	Sunderland
1-0 @ 9.83% ( -0.02) 2-1 @ 7.52% ( -0) 2-0 @ 5.76% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 2.94% 3-0 @ 2.25% ( -0) 3-2 @ 1.92% ( 0) Other @ 3.02% Total : 33.22%	1-1 @ 12.84% 0-0 @ 8.4% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 4.91% ( 0) Other @ 0.92% Total : 27.07%	0-1 @ 10.96% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 8.39% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 7.17% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 3.66% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 3.12% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 2.14% ( 0.01) 1-4 @ 1.19% ( 0) 0-4 @ 1.02% ( 0) Other @ 2.05% Total : 39.7%