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Championship | Gameweek 43
Apr 18, 2025 at 3pm UK
Robins High Performance Centre
Sunderland

Bristol City
2 - 1
Sunderland

Dickie (55'), McCrorie (76')
Pring (48')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Mayenda (31')
Patterson (66'), Hjelde (80'), Anderson (89')
Hume (7')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: QPR 1-1 Bristol City
Saturday, April 12 at 3pm in Championship
Last Game: Sunderland 0-1 Swansea
Saturday, April 12 at 3pm in Championship

We said: Bristol City 1-1 Sunderland

Bristol City are going along nicely and are best placed to finish in one of the two remaining playoff places up for grabs, but they do have a testing run to finish the regular season. Sunderland have nothing to play for apart from preparing for the playoffs, and will want to put on a good showing against one of their potential opponents, especially after defeat last weekend, and this could be a tight affair. 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 Bristol City win with a probability of 49.77%. A draw had a probability of 26.1% and a win for Sunderland had a probability of 24.08%.

The most likely scoreline for a Bristol City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.67%) and 2-1 (9.2%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.32%), while for a Sunderland win it was 0-1 (8.26%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Bristol City would win this match.

Result
Bristol CityDrawSunderland
49.77% (0.426 0.43) 26.14% (-0.0080000000000027 -0.01) 24.08% (-0.422 -0.42)
Both teams to score 47.59% (-0.388 -0.39)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
44.18% (-0.29799999999999 -0.3)55.82% (0.297 0.3)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
23.06% (-0.244 -0.24)76.94% (0.241 0.24)
Bristol City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
77.52% (0.063000000000002 0.06)22.48% (-0.065999999999999 -0.07)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
43.96% (0.094999999999999 0.09)56.04% (-0.098000000000006 -0.1)
Sunderland Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
61.39% (-0.552 -0.55)38.6% (0.55 0.55)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.65% (-0.531 -0.53)75.35% (0.527 0.53)
Score Analysis
    Bristol City 49.77%
    Sunderland 24.08%
    Draw 26.13%
Bristol CityDrawSunderland
1-0 @ 12.95% (0.17 0.17)
2-0 @ 9.67% (0.147 0.15)
2-1 @ 9.2% (0.0030000000000001 0)
3-0 @ 4.81% (0.083 0.08)
3-1 @ 4.58% (0.011 0.01)
3-2 @ 2.18% (-0.028 -0.03)
4-0 @ 1.79% (0.034 0.03)
4-1 @ 1.71% (0.008 0.01)
Other @ 2.89%
Total : 49.77%
1-1 @ 12.32% (-0.02 -0.02)
0-0 @ 8.68% (0.099 0.1)
2-2 @ 4.38% (-0.065 -0.06)
Other @ 0.76%
Total : 26.13%
0-1 @ 8.26% (-0.029 -0.03)
1-2 @ 5.87% (-0.098 -0.1)
0-2 @ 3.93% (-0.074 -0.07)
1-3 @ 1.86% (-0.059 -0.06)
2-3 @ 1.39% (-0.042 -0.04)
0-3 @ 1.25% (-0.043 -0.04)
Other @ 1.53%
Total : 24.08%

How you voted: Bristol City vs Sunderland

Bristol City
68.3%
Draw
14.6%
Sunderland
17.1%
41
Head to Head
Dec 10, 2024 7.45pm
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Sunderland
1-1
Bristol City
Roberts (90+3')
Rigg (68'), Roberts (86')
McNally (62')
Vyner (37'), McNally (44'), Mehmeti (83'), Pring (84'), Knight (90+2')
Apr 6, 2024 3pm
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Gameweek 22
Bristol City
1-0
Sunderland
Conway (20' pen.)
Conway (1'), Dickie (35'), Williams (70')

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Feb 18, 2023 3pm
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Sunderland
1-1
Bristol City
Clarke (59')
Wells (90+3' pen.)
Aug 6, 2022 3pm
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Bristol City
2-3
Sunderland
Weimann (10'), Martin (51')
Williams (27'), Sykes (58')
Simms (4', 53'), Stewart (72')
Evans (1'), Cirkin (20')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Leeds UnitedLeeds452813493296497
2Burnley452716266155197
3Sheffield UnitedSheff Utd452871062352789
4Sunderland4521131158431576
5Bristol City451716125753467
6Coventry CityCoventry45199176258466
7Millwall451812154646066
8Blackburn RoversBlackburn45198185247565
9Middlesbrough4518101764541064
10West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom451419125244861
11Swansea CitySwansea45179194853-560
12Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds451512185968-957
13Watford45168215260-856
14Norwich CityNorwich451315176766154
15Queens Park RangersQPR451314185263-1153
16Portsmouth451411205770-1353
17Oxford UnitedOxford Utd451313194662-1652
18Stoke CityStoke451214194562-1750
19Derby CountyDerby451310224856-849
20Preston North EndPreston451019164657-1149
21Luton TownLuton451310224264-2249
22Hull City451212214353-1048
23Plymouth ArgylePlymouth451113215086-3646
24Cardiff CityCardiff45917194669-2344


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