Championship

Championship | Gameweek 22

Dec 21, 2024 at 3pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
2 - 1
Norwich

Ballard (47'), Bellingham (72')
O'Nien (39'), Isidor (42'), Mepham (49'), Cirkin (57'), Ballard (68')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Ben Slimane (21')
Cordoba (42'), Doyle (53'), Ben Slimane (56'), Nunez (60')
Cordoba (70')

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: Swansea 2-3 Sunderland
Saturday, December 14 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Norwich City

All competitions

Last Game: Norwich 1-2 Burnley
Sunday, December 15 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

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 48.74%. A win for Norwich City had a probability of 26.05% and a draw had a probability of 25.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.14%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.4%) and 2-0 (8.74%). The likeliest Norwich City win was 0-1 (7.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.98%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Sunderland in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Sunderland.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Norwich City
48.74% ( 0.07)	25.21% ( -0.02)	26.05% ( -0.05)

Both teams to score 52.17% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.27% (

0.05)

50.73% (

-0.05)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.37% (

0.04)

72.62% (

-0.04)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.17% (

0.05)

20.83% (

-0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.5% (

0.08)

53.5% (

-0.08)

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.9% (

-0.02)

34.1% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.21% (

-0.02)

70.79% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 48.74%

Norwich City 26.05%

Draw 25.2%

Sunderland	Draw	Norwich City
1-0 @ 11.14% 2-1 @ 9.4% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 8.74% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 4.92% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 4.57% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.65% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.93% ( 0.01) 4-0 @ 1.79% ( 0.01) 4-2 @ 1.04% ( 0) Other @ 2.56% Total : 48.74%	1-1 @ 11.98% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 7.1% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.06% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.95% ( 0) Other @ 0.11% Total : 25.2%	0-1 @ 7.64% ( -0.02) 1-2 @ 6.45% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 4.11% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 2.31% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.81% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.47% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.25% Total : 26.05%