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Championship | Gameweek 37
Mar 9, 2024 at 3pm UK
St. Mary's Stadium
Sunderland

Southampton
4 - 2
Sunderland

Armstrong (9'), Armstrong (37' pen.), Rothwell (77', 80')
Aribo (90'), Rothwell (90+6')
FT(HT: 2-0)
Mundle (62'), Bellingham (71')
Seelt (8'), Ballard (31'), Hjelde (64')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Southampton

All competitions
Championship
Last Game: Birmingham 3-4 Southampton
Saturday, March 2 at 3pm in Championship

Sunderland

All competitions
Last Game: Sunderland 0-1 Leicester
Tuesday, March 5 at 7.45pm in Championship

We said: Southampton 3-1 Sunderland

 Sunderland have reached a stage where they can probably throw caution to the wind and go all out for three points. However, Southampton may benefit from the unforeseen midweek break and could make relatively light work of their opponents who are devoid of confidence. 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 Southampton win with a probability of 54.37%. A win for Sunderland had a probability of 23.44% and a draw had a probability of 22.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Southampton win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.58%) and 2-0 (8.23%). The likeliest Sunderland win was 1-2 (6.07%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.2%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 1.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Southampton would win this match.

Result
SouthamptonDrawSunderland
54.37% (-0.010999999999996 -0.01) 22.19% (0.0060000000000002 0.01) 23.44% (0.0070000000000014 0.01)
Both teams to score 59.34% (-0.0069999999999979 -0.01)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
60.05% (-0.012 -0.01)39.95% (0.012999999999998 0.01)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
37.69% (-0.013999999999996 -0.01)62.31% (0.014000000000003 0.01)
Southampton Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
85.31% (-0.0079999999999956 -0.01)14.69% (0.0089999999999986 0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
57.14% (-0.015999999999998 -0.02)42.86% (0.014999999999993 0.01)
Sunderland Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
69.56%30.44%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
33.35% (-0.00099999999999767 -0)66.65% (0.0030000000000001 0)
Score Analysis
    Southampton 54.37%
    Sunderland 23.44%
    Draw 22.19%
SouthamptonDrawSunderland
2-1 @ 9.78%
1-0 @ 8.58% (0.0020000000000007 0)
2-0 @ 8.23%
3-1 @ 6.26% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
3-0 @ 5.26% (-0.0010000000000003 -0)
3-2 @ 3.72% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
4-1 @ 3% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
4-0 @ 2.52% (-0.0020000000000002 -0)
4-2 @ 1.78% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
5-1 @ 1.15% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
5-0 @ 0.97% (-0.001 -0)
Other @ 3.12%
Total : 54.37%
1-1 @ 10.2% (0.0099999999999998 0.01)
2-2 @ 5.82%
0-0 @ 4.47% (0.0030000000000001 0)
3-3 @ 1.48%
Other @ 0.23%
Total : 22.19%
1-2 @ 6.07% (0.0010000000000003 0)
0-1 @ 5.32% (0.0030000000000001 0)
0-2 @ 3.16% (0.0019999999999998 0)
1-3 @ 2.41% (0.00099999999999989 0)
2-3 @ 2.31% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
0-3 @ 1.25% (0.0010000000000001 0)
Other @ 2.93%
Total : 23.44%

How you voted: Southampton vs Sunderland

Southampton
75.0%
Draw
18.8%
Sunderland
6.3%
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Ba (39'), O'Nien (42')

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> Preview
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0-4
Southampton

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Gabbiadini (30', 45'), Denayer (89' og.), Long (92')
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Sunderland
Boufal (66')
Olomola (61')

Khazri (45'), Jones (64'), Ndong (94')
> Match Report
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Sunderland
> Match Report
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Southampton
1-1
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Bertrand (8'), van Dijk (31')
Fonte (79')
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