Championship

Championship | Gameweek 6

Aug 27, 2022 at 12.30pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
0 - 1
Norwich

Cirkin (25'), O'Nien (35')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Sargent (76')
Sargent (90+1'), Krul (90+2')

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

Sunderland

Last Six:

Last Game: Stoke 0-1 Sunderland
Saturday, August 20 at 3pm in Championship

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
4	Blackburn Rovers	5	-1	9
5	Sunderland	5	1	8
6	Hull City	5	-1	8

Norwich City

Last Six:

Last Game: Norwich 2-2 Bournemouth (3-5 pen.)
Tuesday, August 23 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
7	Bristol City	5	2	7
8	Norwich City	5	1	7
9	Preston North End	5	1	7

We said: Sunderland 1-1 Norwich City

Norwich have lost both of their away games this season, but we think that they will take a point from Saturday's contest when they face a Sunderland side who have drawn both of their home matches this term. 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 45.33%. A win for Norwich City had a probability of 29.08% and a draw had a probability of 25.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.54%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.15%) and 2-0 (7.94%). The likeliest Norwich City win was 0-1 (8.08%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.16%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Norwich City
45.33% ( 0.06)	25.58% ( -0.06)	29.08% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 53.24% (

0.19)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.6% (

0.24)

50.4% (

-0.24)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.67% (

0.21)

72.33% (

-0.22)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.79% (

0.13)

22.2% (

-0.13)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.38% (

0.19)

55.61% (

-0.2)

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.43% (

0.12)

31.57% (

-0.13)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.03% (

0.14)

67.97% (

-0.15)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 45.33%

Norwich City 29.08%

Draw 25.58%

Sunderland	Draw	Norwich City
1-0 @ 10.54% ( -0.07) 2-1 @ 9.15% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 7.94% ( -0.02) 3-1 @ 4.59% ( 0.02) 3-0 @ 3.98% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.65% ( 0.02) 4-1 @ 1.73% ( 0.02) 4-0 @ 1.5% ( 0.01) 4-2 @ 1% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.25% Total : 45.33%	1-1 @ 12.16% ( -0.03) 0-0 @ 7.01% ( -0.07) 2-2 @ 5.28% ( 0.02) 3-3 @ 1.02% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.12% Total : 25.58%	0-1 @ 8.08% ( -0.05) 1-2 @ 7.01% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 4.66% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 2.7% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 2.03% ( 0.02) 0-3 @ 1.79% Other @ 2.82% Total : 29.08%