Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 8, 2025 at 12.30pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
2 - 2
Watford

O'Nien (16'), Cirkin (89')
Cirkin (33'), Isidor (35'), Le Fee (65'), Mepham (80'), Poveda (90+6'), Poveda (90+6')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Dele-Bashiru (42' pen.), Louza (46')
Doumbia (32')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sunderland

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Middlesbrough 2-3 Sunderland
Monday, February 3 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Watford

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Watford 0-1 Norwich
Saturday, February 1 at 12.30pm 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 61.33%. A draw had a probability of 21.4% and a win for Watford had a probability of 17.31%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.62%) and 2-1 (9.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.12%), while for a Watford win it was 0-1 (5.16%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 4.6% likelihood.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Watford
61.33% ( -0)	21.35% ( -0)	17.31%

Both teams to score 52.17% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.3% (

0.01)

44.69% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.94% (

0.01)

67.05% (

-0.01)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

85.93% (

14.06% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

58.34% (

0.01)

41.65% (

-0.01)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.71% (

0.01)

39.28% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.01% (

0.01)

75.99% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 61.31%

Watford 17.31%

Draw 21.35%

Sunderland	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 10.83% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 10.62% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 9.93% 3-0 @ 6.95% 3-1 @ 6.49% 4-0 @ 3.41% 4-1 @ 3.18% ( 0) 3-2 @ 3.03% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.49% ( 0) 5-0 @ 1.34% 5-1 @ 1.25% Other @ 2.79% Total : 61.31%	1-1 @ 10.12% 0-0 @ 5.53% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.64% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.95% ( 0) Other @ 0.12% Total : 21.35%	0-1 @ 5.16% ( -0) 1-2 @ 4.73% ( 0) 0-2 @ 2.41% 1-3 @ 1.47% 2-3 @ 1.45% ( 0) Other @ 2.09% Total : 17.31%

How you voted: Sunderland vs Watford

Sunderland

85.0%

Draw

6.7%

Watford

8.3%

Head to Head

Sep 28, 2024 3pm

Gameweek 7

Watford

2-1

Sunderland

Ebosele (28'), Dele-Bashiru (84' pen.)
Ebosele (30'), Porteous (64')

Isidor (49')
Bellingham (45')

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Apr 27, 2024 3pm

Gameweek 45

Watford

1-0

Sunderland

Andrews (64')
Kayembe (10'), Lewis (86')

O'Nien (58')

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Oct 4, 2023 7.45pm

Gameweek 10

Sunderland

2-0

Watford

Huggins (43'), Ba (62')
Burstow (50')

Ngakia (27'), Dele-Bashiru (58'), Bachmann (74'), Louza (74'), Porteous (83')
Andrews (87')

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Apr 29, 2023 3pm

Gameweek 45

Sunderland

2-2

Watford

O'Nien (70'), Roberts (90+5')

Kabasele (17'), Porteous (69')

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Sep 17, 2022 3pm

Gameweek 11

Watford

2-2

Sunderland

Davis (34'), O'Nien (62' og.)

Alese (45'), Bennette (87')

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Form Guide

Middlesbrough 2-3 Sunderland

Sunderland 2-2 Plymouth

Derby 0-1 Sunderland

Burnley 0-0 Sunderland

Sunderland 1-2 Stoke

Sunderland 1-0 Portsmouth

Nations League

Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

Congo DR

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Australia

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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