Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 8, 2025 at 12.30pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
2 - 2
Watford

O'Nien (16'), Cirkin (89')
Cirkin (33'), Isidor (35'), Le Fee (65'), Mepham (80'), Poveda (90+6'), Poveda (90+6')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Dele-Bashiru (42' pen.), Louza (46')
Doumbia (32')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sunderland

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Middlesbrough 2-3 Sunderland
Monday, February 3 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Watford

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Watford 0-1 Norwich
Saturday, February 1 at 12.30pm 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 61.33%. A draw had a probability of 21.4% and a win for Watford had a probability of 17.31%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.62%) and 2-1 (9.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.12%), while for a Watford win it was 0-1 (5.16%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 4.6% likelihood.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Watford
61.33% ( -0)	21.35% ( -0)	17.31%

Both teams to score 52.17% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.3% (

0.01)

44.69% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.94% (

0.01)

67.05% (

-0.01)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

85.93% (

14.06% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

58.34% (

0.01)

41.65% (

-0.01)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.71% (

0.01)

39.28% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.01% (

0.01)

75.99% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 61.31%

Watford 17.31%

Draw 21.35%

Sunderland	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 10.83% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 10.62% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 9.93% 3-0 @ 6.95% 3-1 @ 6.49% 4-0 @ 3.41% 4-1 @ 3.18% ( 0) 3-2 @ 3.03% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.49% ( 0) 5-0 @ 1.34% 5-1 @ 1.25% Other @ 2.79% Total : 61.31%	1-1 @ 10.12% 0-0 @ 5.53% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.64% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.95% ( 0) Other @ 0.12% Total : 21.35%	0-1 @ 5.16% ( -0) 1-2 @ 4.73% ( 0) 0-2 @ 2.41% 1-3 @ 1.47% 2-3 @ 1.45% ( 0) Other @ 2.09% Total : 17.31%