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Championship | Gameweek 22
Dec 21, 2024 at 3pm UK
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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

Last Game: Swansea 2-3 Sunderland
Saturday, December 14 at 3pm in Championship
Last Game: Norwich 1-2 Burnley
Sunday, December 15 at 3pm in Championship

We said: Sunderland 2-1 Norwich City

Notoriously poor on their second-tier travels, we are expecting Norwich to struggle at the home of a promotion contender on Saturday afternoon. Sunderland will be buoyed following their dramatic win at Swansea last time out and should have enough quality to record back-to-back victories. 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 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
SunderlandDrawNorwich City
48.74% (0.073999999999998 0.07) 25.21% (-0.02 -0.02) 26.05% (-0.051000000000002 -0.05)
Both teams to score 52.17% (0.021000000000001 0.02)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
49.27% (0.048000000000002 0.05)50.73% (-0.045000000000002 -0.05)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
27.37% (0.041999999999998 0.04)72.62% (-0.040000000000006 -0.04)
Sunderland Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
79.17% (0.052999999999997 0.05)20.83% (-0.050999999999998 -0.05)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
46.5% (0.079999999999998 0.08)53.5% (-0.078000000000003 -0.08)
Norwich City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
65.9% (-0.016999999999996 -0.02)34.1% (0.018999999999998 0.02)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
29.21% (-0.018000000000001 -0.02)70.79% (0.02000000000001 0.02)
Score Analysis
    Sunderland 48.74%
    Norwich City 26.05%
    Draw 25.2%
SunderlandDrawNorwich City
1-0 @ 11.14%
2-1 @ 9.4% (0.0069999999999997 0.01)
2-0 @ 8.74% (0.010999999999999 0.01)
3-1 @ 4.92% (0.011 0.01)
3-0 @ 4.57% (0.012 0.01)
3-2 @ 2.65% (0.004 0)
4-1 @ 1.93% (0.0070000000000001 0.01)
4-0 @ 1.79% (0.008 0.01)
4-2 @ 1.04% (0.004 0)
Other @ 2.56%
Total : 48.74%
1-1 @ 11.98% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
0-0 @ 7.1% (-0.013 -0.01)
2-2 @ 5.06% (0.0010000000000003 0)
3-3 @ 0.95% (0.001 0)
Other @ 0.11%
Total : 25.2%
0-1 @ 7.64% (-0.018 -0.02)
1-2 @ 6.45% (-0.008 -0.01)
0-2 @ 4.11% (-0.012 -0.01)
1-3 @ 2.31% (-0.004 -0)
2-3 @ 1.81% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
0-3 @ 1.47% (-0.0050000000000001 -0.01)
Other @ 2.25%
Total : 26.05%

How you voted: Sunderland vs Norwich

Sunderland
68.4%
Draw
18.4%
Norwich City
13.2%
38
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Giannoulis (76'), Sorensen (90')

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