Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Jul 31, 2022 at 12pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
1 - 1
Coventry

Clarke (12')
Clarke (51'), Evans (55'), Ballard (76'), O'Nien (90+4')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Gyokeres (84')
Hamer (20')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Championship clash between Sunderland and Coventry City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sunderland

Last Six:

Last Game: Hartlepool 1-1 Sunderland
Monday, July 25 at 7pm in Club Friendlies 1

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
18	Stoke City	0	0	0
19	Sunderland	0	0	0
20	Swansea City	0	0	0

Coventry City

Last Six:

Last Game: Portsmouth 0-2 Coventry
Saturday, July 23 at 3pm in Club Friendlies 1

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
6	Cardiff City	0	0	0
7	Coventry City	0	0	0
8	Hull City	0	0	0

We said: Sunderland 2-1 Coventry City

Both managers will be happy with their transfer business thus far, throwing up the possibility of an entertaining game being played out in the North-East. However, while we expect Coventry to push their hosts all the way, Sunderland could nick a win through a late goal at the Stadium of Light. 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 37.82%. A win for Coventry City had a probability of 35.63% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 10%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.27%) and 2-0 (6.55%). The likeliest Coventry City win was 0-1 (9.65%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.62%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.6% likelihood.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Coventry City
37.82% ( 0.54)	26.55% ( 0.12)	35.63% ( -0.66)

Both teams to score 52.34% (

-0.43)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.44% (

-0.53)

52.55% (

0.53)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.78% (

-0.46)

74.21% (

0.46)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.99% (

0.06)

27% (

-0.06)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.64% (

0.08)

62.36% (

-0.08)

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.71% (

-0.65)

28.29% (

0.65)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.98% (

-0.83)

64.01% (

0.83)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 37.82%

Coventry City 35.63%

Draw 26.54%

Sunderland	Draw	Coventry City
1-0 @ 10% ( 0.22) 2-1 @ 8.27% ( 0.05) 2-0 @ 6.55% ( 0.16) 3-1 @ 3.61% ( 0.03) 3-0 @ 2.86% ( 0.07) 3-2 @ 2.28% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 1.18% ( 0.01) 4-0 @ 0.94% ( 0.03) Other @ 2.15% Total : 37.82%	1-1 @ 12.62% ( 0.05) 0-0 @ 7.64% ( 0.16) 2-2 @ 5.22% ( -0.06) 3-3 @ 0.96% ( -0.03) Other @ 0.11% Total : 26.54%	0-1 @ 9.65% ( 0.03) 1-2 @ 7.97% ( -0.11) 0-2 @ 6.09% ( -0.09) 1-3 @ 3.36% ( -0.11) 0-3 @ 2.56% ( -0.09) 2-3 @ 2.2% ( -0.07) 1-4 @ 1.06% ( -0.06) Other @ 2.74% Total : 35.63%