

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 Stoke City win with a probability of 37.78%. A win for Sunderland had a probability of 37.22% and a draw had a probability of 25%.
The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.26%) and 0-2 (5.92%). The likeliest Sunderland win was 2-1 (8.33%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.73%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 3.9% likelihood.
| Result | ||
| Sunderland | Draw | Stoke City | 
| 37.22% (  -0.01) | 25.01% (  0) | 37.78% (  0.01) | 
| Both teams to score 57.75% (  -0) | 
| Goals | 
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 | 
| 54.32% (  -0.01) | 45.68% (  0.01) | 
| Over 3.5 | Under 3.5 | 
| 32% (  -0) | 68% (  0.01) | 
| Sunderland Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 75.84% (  -0.01) | 24.16% (  0.01) | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 41.52% (  -0.01) | 58.48% (  0.01) | 
| Stoke City Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 76.14% (  0) | 23.86% | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 41.95% (  0) | 58.05% (  -0) | 
| Score Analysis | 
| Sunderland | Draw | Stoke City | 
| 2-1 @ 8.33% (  -0) 1-0 @ 8.19% 2-0 @ 5.82% (  -0) 3-1 @ 3.95% (  -0) 3-2 @ 2.83% 3-0 @ 2.75% (  -0) 4-1 @ 1.4% 4-2 @ 1% (  -0) 4-0 @ 0.98% (  -0) Other @ 1.97% Total : 37.22% | 1-1 @ 11.73% 2-2 @ 5.97% (  -0) 0-0 @ 5.76% (  0) 3-3 @ 1.35% Other @ 0.19% Total : 25% | 1-2 @ 8.41% (  0) 0-1 @ 8.26% (  0) 0-2 @ 5.92% (  0) 1-3 @ 4.02% (  0) 2-3 @ 2.85% 0-3 @ 2.83% (  0) 1-4 @ 1.44% (  0) 2-4 @ 1.02% 0-4 @ 1.01% (  0) Other @ 2.02% Total : 37.78% | 

| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| C | Leicester CityLeicester | 46 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 89 | 41 | 48 | 97 | 
| P | Ipswich TownIpswich | 46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 92 | 57 | 35 | 96 | 
| 3 | Leeds UnitedLeeds | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 81 | 43 | 38 | 90 | 
| 4 | Southampton | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 87 | 63 | 24 | 87 | 
| 5 | West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 70 | 47 | 23 | 75 | 
| 6 | Norwich CityNorwich | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 79 | 64 | 15 | 73 | 
| 7 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 60 | 8 | 70 | 
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 71 | 62 | 9 | 69 | 
| 9 | Coventry CityCoventry | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 70 | 59 | 11 | 64 | 
| 10 | Preston North EndPreston | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 67 | -11 | 63 | 
| 11 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 62 | 
| 12 | Cardiff CityCardiff | 46 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 53 | 70 | -17 | 62 | 
| 13 | Millwall | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 59 | 
| 14 | Swansea CitySwansea | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 59 | 65 | -6 | 57 | 
| 15 | Watford | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 56 | 
| 16 | Sunderland | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 52 | 54 | -2 | 56 | 
| 17 | Stoke CityStoke | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 49 | 60 | -11 | 56 | 
| 18 | Queens Park RangersQPR | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 47 | 58 | -11 | 56 | 
| 19 | Blackburn RoversBlackburn | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 60 | 74 | -14 | 53 | 
| 20 | Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 53 | 
| 21 | Plymouth ArgylePlymouth | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 59 | 70 | -11 | 51 | 
| R | Birmingham CityBirmingham | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 65 | -15 | 50 | 
| R | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield | 46 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 48 | 77 | -29 | 45 | 
| R | Rotherham UnitedRotherham | 46 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 37 | 89 | -52 | 27 | 
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