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Championship | Gameweek 31
Feb 8, 2025 at 12.30pm UK
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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

Last Game: Middlesbrough 2-3 Sunderland
Monday, February 3 at 8pm in Championship
Last Game: Watford 0-1 Norwich
Saturday, February 1 at 12.30pm in Championship

We said: Sunderland 2-1 Watford

Sunderland have proven to be an invincible force on home turf this season, and we think that they will make full use of home advantage again to claim a narrow win over a Watford side that have lost each of their last three league matches. 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 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
SunderlandDrawWatford
61.33% (-0.0010000000000048 -0) 21.35% (-0.0010000000000012 -0) 17.31%
Both teams to score 52.17% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
55.3% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)44.69% (-0.010999999999996 -0.01)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
32.94% (0.0080000000000027 0.01)67.05% (-0.0099999999999909 -0.01)
Sunderland Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
85.93% (0.0020000000000095 0)14.06% (-0.0039999999999996 -0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
58.34% (0.0060000000000002 0.01)41.65% (-0.0080000000000027 -0.01)
Watford Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
60.71% (0.0050000000000026 0.01)39.28% (-0.0069999999999979 -0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.01% (0.0079999999999991 0.01)75.99% (-0.010000000000005 -0.01)
Score Analysis
    Sunderland 61.31%
    Watford 17.31%
    Draw 21.35%
SunderlandDrawWatford
1-0 @ 10.83% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
2-0 @ 10.62% (-0.010000000000002 -0.01)
2-1 @ 9.93%
3-0 @ 6.95%
3-1 @ 6.49%
4-0 @ 3.41%
4-1 @ 3.18% (0.0010000000000003 0)
3-2 @ 3.03% (0.00099999999999989 0)
4-2 @ 1.49% (0.00099999999999989 0)
5-0 @ 1.34%
5-1 @ 1.25%
Other @ 2.79%
Total : 61.31%
1-1 @ 10.12%
0-0 @ 5.53% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
2-2 @ 4.64% (0.00099999999999945 0)
3-3 @ 0.95% (0.001 0)
Other @ 0.12%
Total : 21.35%
0-1 @ 5.16% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
1-2 @ 4.73% (0.00099999999999945 0)
0-2 @ 2.41%
1-3 @ 1.47%
2-3 @ 1.45% (0.0010000000000001 0)
Other @ 2.09%
Total : 17.31%

How you voted: Sunderland vs Watford

Sunderland
85.0%
Draw
6.7%
Watford
8.3%
60
Head to Head
Sep 28, 2024 3pm
Gameweek 7
Watford
2-1
Sunderland
Ebosele (28'), Dele-Bashiru (84' pen.)
Ebosele (30'), Porteous (64')
Isidor (49')
Bellingham (45')
Apr 27, 2024 3pm
Gameweek 45
Watford
1-0
Sunderland
Andrews (64')
Kayembe (10'), Lewis (86')

O'Nien (58')
Oct 4, 2023 7.45pm
Gameweek 10
Sunderland
2-0
Watford
Huggins (43'), Ba (62')
Burstow (50')

Ngakia (27'), Dele-Bashiru (58'), Bachmann (74'), Louza (74'), Porteous (83')
Andrews (87')
Apr 29, 2023 3pm
Gameweek 45
Sunderland
2-2
Watford
O'Nien (70'), Roberts (90+5')
Kabasele (17'), Porteous (69')
Sep 17, 2022 3pm
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Watford
2-2
Sunderland
Davis (34'), O'Nien (62' og.)
Alese (45'), Bennette (87')
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