Championship

Championship | Gameweek 26

Jan 5, 2025 at 3pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
1 - 0
Portsmouth

Isidor (7')
Mepham (90+2')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Towler (58'), Swanson (64')
Pack (67')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sunderland

All competitions

Last Game: Sunderland 2-1 Sheff Utd
Wednesday, January 1 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Portsmouth

All competitions

Last Game: Portsmouth 4-0 Swansea
Wednesday, January 1 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

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 59.68%. A draw had a probability of 22.5% and a win for Portsmouth had a probability of 17.78%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.08%) and 2-1 (9.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.71%), while for a Portsmouth win it was 0-1 (5.86%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 12.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Sunderland in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Sunderland.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Portsmouth
59.68% ( -0.71)	22.54% ( 0.19)	17.78% ( 0.52)

Both teams to score 49.3% (

0.4)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.01% (

0.02)

48.99% (

-0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.93% (

0.02)

71.07% (

-0.02)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.97% (

-0.23)

16.03% (

0.23)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.62% (

-0.43)

45.38% (

0.43)

Portsmouth Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

58.72% (

0.64)

41.28% (

-0.64)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

22.19% (

0.56)

77.81% (

-0.56)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 59.67%

Portsmouth 17.78%

Draw 22.53%

Sunderland	Draw	Portsmouth
1-0 @ 12.11% ( -0.11) 2-0 @ 11.08% ( -0.19) 2-1 @ 9.81% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 6.77% ( -0.17) 3-1 @ 5.99% ( -0.04) 4-0 @ 3.1% ( -0.1) 4-1 @ 2.74% ( -0.04) 3-2 @ 2.65% ( 0.03) 4-2 @ 1.21% ( 0) 5-0 @ 1.13% ( -0.05) 5-1 @ 1% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.08% Total : 59.67%	1-1 @ 10.71% ( 0.09) 0-0 @ 6.62% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.34% ( 0.08) Other @ 0.87% Total : 22.53%	0-1 @ 5.86% ( 0.1) 1-2 @ 4.74% ( 0.12) 0-2 @ 2.59% ( 0.09) 1-3 @ 1.4% ( 0.06) 2-3 @ 1.28% ( 0.04) Other @ 1.91% Total : 17.78%