Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 11, 2023 at 3pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
1 - 0
Reading

Roberts (84')

FT(HT: 0-0)

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sunderland

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Sunderland 2-3 Fulham
Wednesday, February 8 at 7.45pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Reading

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Reading 2-2 Watford
Saturday, February 4 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 55.75%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Reading had a probability of 20.52%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.93%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.29%) and 2-1 (9.74%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.28%), while for a Reading win it was 0-1 (6.54%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 11.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Sunderland in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Sunderland.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Reading
55.75% ( 0.79)	23.73% ( -0.32)	20.52% ( -0.47)

Both teams to score 50.27% (

0.27)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.95% (

0.71)

50.05% (

-0.71)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.97% (

0.63)

72.03% (

-0.63)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.2% (

0.56)

17.79% (

-0.56)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.48% (

0.96)

48.51% (

-0.95)

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.16% (

-0.08)

38.84% (

0.09)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.43% (

-0.07)

75.57% (

0.08)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 55.74%

Reading 20.52%

Draw 23.72%

Sunderland	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 11.93% ( -0.12) 2-0 @ 10.29% ( 0.07) 2-1 @ 9.74% ( 0.05) 3-0 @ 5.93% ( 0.15) 3-1 @ 5.6% ( 0.13) 3-2 @ 2.65% ( 0.05) 4-0 @ 2.56% ( 0.11) 4-1 @ 2.42% ( 0.1) 4-2 @ 1.14% ( 0.04) Other @ 3.48% Total : 55.74%	1-1 @ 11.28% ( -0.15) 0-0 @ 6.91% ( -0.2) 2-2 @ 4.61% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.93% Total : 23.72%	0-1 @ 6.54% ( -0.21) 1-2 @ 5.34% ( -0.08) 0-2 @ 3.09% ( -0.1) 1-3 @ 1.68% ( -0.03) 2-3 @ 1.45% ( 0) 0-3 @ 0.97% ( -0.04) Other @ 1.45% Total : 20.52%