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Sunderland v Stoke City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 7th Dec, 12:30 BST, Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Sunderland and Stoke City take on one another at the Stadium of Light on Saturday lunch time, with both Régis Le Bris and Steven Schumacher aiming for victory in the Championship. The odds you see on the page are provided straight from the bookmaker, while predictions are calculated from stats over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to Championship match data, including head to head (H2H) records. Explore it all using the tabs below.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Concentration will be required as Sunderland and Stoke go head-to-head, with almost nothing between the teams in terms of who might win. The stats don't provide any conclusive evidence in that regard, but they are pointing strongly towards there being 2 goals or fewer in the game. It's a prediction which is available at best priced odds of 1.67 with the bookies, so we make under 2.5 goals our tip of the day on this one.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sunderland are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 58% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.80.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sunderland 58%	3/4 3%	4/5 3%
Draw 26%	13/5 3%	27/10 6%
Stoke 16%	15/4 6%	7/2 4%
Sunderland 1-0 17%	6/1 17%	5/1 4%
Sunderland 2-0 13%	7/1	13/2
Draw 0-0 11%	9/1 18%	15/2 13%
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1 8%	11/2
Sunderland 2-1 9%	15/2 6%	13/2 6%
Stoke 1-0 7%	11/1 20%	9/1 11%
Sunderland 3-0 7%	12/1 13%	11/1
Sunderland 3-1 4%	14/1 12%	11/1 8%
Stoke 2-1 4%	14/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 3%	16/1 11%	12/1 13%
Sunderland 4-0 3%	28/1 15%	20/1 9%
Stoke 2-0 2%	22/1 10%	16/1
Sunderland 4-1 2%	28/1 15%	22/1 12%
Sunderland 3-2 1%	25/1 24%	20/1 9%
Stoke 3-1 1%	40/1	25/1 10%
Over 2.5 Goals 37%	1/1 9%	19/20 9%
Under 2.5 Goals 63%	4/5 8%	3/4 6%
Home 1st Goal 57%	1/2 2%	-
Away 1st Goal 35%	15/8	-
No 1st Goal 8%	9/1 18%	-
BTTS - Yes 37%	5/6 9%	10/11 5%
BTTS - No 63%	5/6 6%	4/5 4%
BTTS - Home Win 18%	3/1 11%	14/5 10%
BTTS - Draw 14%	15/4 5%	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 5%	8/1 5%	7/1
Home/draw 84%	2/11	1/5
Away/draw 42%	1/1 3%	1/1 5%
Home/away 74%	2/7	2/7 1%
Over 1.5 Goals 64%	3/10 7%	1/3 2%
Under 1.5 Goals 36%	5/2 17%	11/5 11%
Over 3.5 Goals 18%	12/5 15%	12/5 11%
Under 3.5 Goals 82%	1/3 6%	2/7 6%
Over 4.5 Goals 7%	11/2 19%	11/2 13%
Under 4.5 Goals 93%	1/9 3%	1/10 3%
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	14/1 21%	12/1 13%
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1/33 1%	1/66 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	1/16 1%	1/16 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	9/1 18%	15/2 13%
Home DNB 76%	2/7 3%	3/10 2%
Away DNB 34%	5/2 8%	11/5 7%
Sunderland win to nil 41%	7/4	-
Stoke win to nil 10%	7/1 14%	-
Sunderland / Sunderland 29%	7/4 8%	7/4 5%
Sunderland / Stoke 2%	40/1	28/1
Sunderland / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Sunderland 18%	7/2	17/5
Draw / Stoke 9%	17/2 6%	15/2
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 10%	4/1 9%
Stoke / Sunderland 4%	22/1 12%	18/1 10%
Stoke / Stoke 11%	7/1 7%	6/1 8%
Stoke / Draw 6%	14/1 12%	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Sunderland have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table. Sunderland are unbeaten at home after 8 games and have kept 6 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 5 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Sunderland have outscored their opponents by 26 goals to 19 goals.

Home League Performance

Sunderland have played 8 games at home winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

Stoke are in 14th position in the Championship on 21 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 9 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Stoke have conceded 15 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Sunderland Stoke
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	18	12	4	2	16	38	Jan 1	l 1-0A	Apr 26	l 2-0A
2	Burnley	18	10	6	2	17	36	w 1-0F	Jan 17	l 0-2A	Jan 1
3	Leeds	18	10	5	3	18	35	d 2-2F	Feb 17	Dec 26	Apr 21
4	Sunderland	18	9	6	3	13	33	-	-	Dec 29	Dec 7
5	M'Boro	18	9	3	6	11	30	w 1-0F	Feb 3	Feb 7	l 2-0A
6	Watford	18	9	3	6	2	30	Feb 8	l 2-1A	Mar 1	l 3-0A
7	West Brom	18	6	10	2	7	28	d 0-00-0	Apr 5	l 1-2A	Jan 18
8	Blackburn	17	8	4	5	4	28	Apr 21	Dec 26	Mar 11	w 0-2F
9	Norwich	18	6	7	5	8	25	Dec 21	Apr 8	d 1-1F	Feb 22
10	Millwall	17	6	7	4	5	25	Mar 29	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	Mar 15
11	Bristol C	18	6	7	5	3	25	Dec 10	Apr 18	d 2-2F	Feb 12
12	Sheff Wed	18	7	4	7	-5	25	w 4-0F	Mar 1	Apr 18	Dec 21
13	Swansea	18	6	5	7	1	23	Apr 12	Dec 14	Feb 15	d 0-00-0
14	Stoke	18	5	6	7	-3	21	Dec 7	Dec 29	-	-
15	Derby	18	5	5	8	-2	20	w 2-0F	Jan 21	w 2-1F	May 3
16	Coventry	18	4	6	8	-3	18	d 2-2F	Mar 15	w 1-0F	Mar 8
17	Oxford Utd	18	4	6	8	-8	18	w 2-0F	Apr 26	Jan 25	l 1-0A
18	Preston	18	3	9	6	-8	18	Mar 11	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	Apr 5
19	Luton	18	5	3	10	-13	18	Feb 12	w 1-2F	Apr 8	Dec 10
20	Cardiff	18	4	5	9	-11	17	Mar 8	w 0-2F	Dec 14	Apr 12
21	Plymouth	18	4	5	9	-20	17	Jan 25	l 3-2F	Jan 4	w 0-1F
22	Hull	18	3	6	9	-9	15	Feb 22	w 0-1F	l 1-3F	Feb 1
23	QPR	18	2	9	7	-11	15	May 3	d 0-00-0	Mar 29	d 1-1F
24	Portsmouth	16	2	7	7	-12	13	Jan 5	w 1-3F	w 6-1F	Jan 22

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Win / draw / win form

Sunderland have not lost in 8 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland	0 - 0	West Brom
Sunderland	2 - 2	Coventry
Sunderland	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
Sunderland	2 - 2	Leeds
Sunderland	2 - 0	Derby
Sunderland	1 - 0	M'Boro
Sunderland	1 - 0	Burnley
Sunderland	4 - 0	Sheff Wed
Sunderland	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
Sunderland	0 - 1	Millwall
Sunderland	0 - 0	Bristol C
Sunderland	1 - 5	Blackburn
Sunderland	0 - 0	QPR
Sunderland	0 - 1	Leicester
Sunderland	1 - 2	Swansea
Sunderland	3 - 1	Plymouth
Sunderland	3 - 1	Stoke
Sunderland	0 - 1	Hull
Sunderland	2 - 0	Preston
Sunderland	0 - 3	Coventry

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sunderland	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Sunderland	0 - 0	West Brom
A	Sunderland	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Sunderland	2 - 2	Coventry
A	Sunderland	0 - 0	Preston
A	Sunderland	0 - 0	QPR
H	Sunderland	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Sunderland	2 - 1	Luton
A	Sunderland	1 - 0	Hull
H	Sunderland	2 - 2	Leeds
H	Sunderland	2 - 0	Derby
A	Sunderland	1 - 2	Watford
H	Sunderland	1 - 0	M'Boro
A	Sunderland	2 - 3	Plymouth
A	Sunderland	3 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Sunderland	1 - 0	Burnley
H	Sunderland	4 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Sunderland	2 - 0	Cardiff
H	Sunderland	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Sunderland	0 - 1	Watford

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
QPR	1 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	0 - 2	Stoke
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Stoke
Swansea	0 - 0	Stoke
M'Boro	2 - 0	Stoke
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Stoke
Plymouth	0 - 1	Stoke
Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
Southampton	0 - 1	Stoke
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Stoke
Swansea	3 - 0	Stoke
Hull	0 - 2	Stoke
Preston	1 - 2	Stoke
Leeds	1 - 0	Stoke
Cardiff	2 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	3 - 1	Stoke
Sunderland	3 - 1	Stoke
Rotherham	0 - 1	Stoke
Watford	1 - 1	Stoke
Birmingham	1 - 3	Stoke

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Stoke	0 - 2	Burnley
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
A	Stoke	1 - 1	QPR
H	Stoke	1 - 1	Millwall
A	Stoke	2 - 0	Blackburn
H	Stoke	2 - 1	Derby
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Stoke	2 - 2	Bristol C
H	Stoke	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Stoke	0 - 0	Swansea
H	Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Stoke	0 - 2	M'Boro
H	Stoke	1 - 3	Hull
A	Stoke	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Stoke	1 - 0	Plymouth
H	Stoke	1 - 2	West Brom
A	Stoke	0 - 3	Watford
H	Stoke	1 - 0	Coventry
H	Stoke	4 - 0	Bristol C
A	Stoke	1 - 0	Southampton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sunderland

Stoke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

15 / 18

8 / 18

Clean sheets

10 / 18

3 / 18

SUN

STK

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
Sunderland	3 - 1
	1 - 5	Stoke
	1 - 3	Stoke
Sunderland	2 - 0
Sunderland	3 - 1
Sunderland	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sunderland	4 - 0
Sunderland	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Sunderland	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sunderland	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sunderland	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Sunderland	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Stoke

Stoke

Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 18

11 / 18

Clean sheets

7 / 18

5 / 18

SUN

STK

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
Stoke	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Stoke	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Stoke	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Stoke	3 - 2
Stoke	1 - 0
Stoke	1 - 0
Stoke	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Stoke	3 - 1
	1 - 2	Sunderland
Stoke	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Stoke	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

	Sunderland 4th	Stoke 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	0.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Sunderland will score 1 or more goals	0 52% 1 34% 2 11% 3 4+ There is a 52% probability that Stoke will fail to score

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-20 Sunderland have scored 20% fewer goals at home than predicted	-23 Stoke have scored 23% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

25%

better

SUN

STK

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Games scored	14		11
Failed to score	4		7
Scored first	13		8
Goals scored	26		19
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.1
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		13
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+25%

37%

better

SUN

STK

view stats

Games conceded	8		13
Clean sheets	10		5
Conceded first	2		8
Goals conceded	13		22
Avg. goals conceded	0.7		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	10		9
Conversion rate against	10%		11%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+37%

Sunderland v Stoke Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	5	3	5
L O'Nien	W Isidor	P Roberts	P Roberts

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L O'Nien DEF	18	2	1	1 -
T Hume DEF	17		1	4 -
P Roberts MID	17	1	3	5 -
C Rigg MID	17	3	1	4 -
D Neil MID	17		3	2 1
D Cirkin DEF	15	2	1	1 -
J Bellingham MID	15	2	2	4 1
W Isidor FWD	15	5		2 -
R Mundle FWD	15	4	3	1 -
A Patterson GLK	14			1 -
C Mepham DEF	13			4 1
A Browne MID	12	1		-
E Mayenda FWD	10	3	2	-
D Ballard DEF	8			1 -
A Alese DEF	6			1 -
N Rusyn FWD	6			1 -
S Moore GLK	4			1 -
L Hjelde DEF	3			-
A Aouchiche MID	2			-
I Poveda FWD	2			-
M. Aleksić FWD	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	13	3	18
W Isidor	W Isidor	P Roberts	P Roberts

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Isidor FWD	5	13		6
R Mundle FWD	4	9	3	15
C Rigg MID	3	7	1	16
E Mayenda FWD	3	9	2	6
L O'Nien DEF	2	3	1	7
D Cirkin DEF	2	5	1	7
J Bellingham MID	2	3	2	15
P Roberts MID	1	7	3	18
A Browne MID	1	4		3
C Mepham DEF				3
A Alese DEF		1
D Ballard DEF		1		3
T Hume DEF			1	12
A Patterson GLK		1
D Neil MID		1	3	10
M. Aleksić FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1028	47	108
L O'Nien	D Cirkin	D Cirkin

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L O'Nien DEF	1028	18	62
T Hume DEF	830	34	75
D Neil MID	749	28	62
C Mepham DEF	658	21	73
J Bellingham MID	551	38	91
D Cirkin DEF	527	47	108
P Roberts MID	523	27	68
C Rigg MID	451	20	64
A Patterson GLK	426		8
D Ballard DEF	295	7	40
R Mundle FWD	288	16	71
A Browne MID	209	11	36
A Alese DEF	177	3	9
W Isidor FWD	108	9	34
S Moore GLK	98		1
E Mayenda FWD	64	6	23
N Rusyn FWD	13	2	6
A Aouchiche MID	11		1
I Poveda FWD	10	3	3
L Hjelde DEF	7
M. Aleksić FWD	5

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	7	5	6
V Johansson	T Cannon	J. Bae	W Burger

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Johansson GLK	18			1 -
B Gibson DEF	18	2		4 -
J. Bae MID	17		5	3 -
L. Koumas FWD	17	2	1	2 -
M Manhoef FWD	17	3	2	1 -
B Wilmot DEF	16	1		4 -
J Tchamadeu DEF	16			3 -
E Bocat DEF	16		1	1 -
W Burger MID	16			6 -
A Moran MID	15	2	1	4 -
T Cannon FWD	14	7	1	1 -
J Thompson MID	12			4 -
M Rose DEF	9			1 -
T Seko MID	9			-
A Vidigal FWD	9			-
E Stevens DEF	8		2	1 -
E Tezgel FWD	7			1 -
N Ennis FWD	7			-
S. Sidibe MID	6		1	-
L Gooch FWD	5			-
S Gallagher FWD	3	1	1	1 -
R Mmaee FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	20	5	23
T Cannon	T Cannon	J. Bae	J. Bae

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Cannon FWD	7	20	1	6
M Manhoef FWD	3	14	2	19
L. Koumas FWD	2	5	1	5
A Moran MID	2	5	1	10
B Gibson DEF	2	3
S Gallagher FWD	1	1	1	2
B Wilmot DEF	1	3		3
E Stevens DEF		1	2	6
L Gooch FWD		1		1
S. Sidibe MID			1	1
N Ennis FWD		1
E Tezgel FWD		2		1
J Thompson MID				1
A Vidigal FWD		1
T Seko MID				2
M Rose DEF				1
W Burger MID		1		2
E Bocat DEF		2	1	5
J Tchamadeu DEF				4
J. Bae MID		6	5	23

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1195	28	83
B Gibson	B Wilmot	J. Bae

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Gibson DEF	1195	12	67
B Wilmot DEF	773	28	61
V Johansson GLK	583		13
W Burger MID	496	21	44
J. Bae MID	474	26	83
E Bocat DEF	451	25	59
J Tchamadeu DEF	381	13	30
A Moran MID	381	28	55
J Thompson MID	336	8	24
M Manhoef FWD	321	15	59
T Seko MID	286	14	27
M Rose DEF	278	4	15
E Stevens DEF	239	10	23
T Cannon FWD	166	10	56
S. Sidibe MID	117	2	9
L. Koumas FWD	108	19	43
L Gooch FWD	70	6	9
E Tezgel FWD	43	1	6
S Gallagher FWD	27	3	11
A Vidigal FWD	26	2	6
R Mmaee FWD	19		6
N Ennis FWD	16		3

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Sunderland v Stoke City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sunderland have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table. Sunderland are unbeaten at home after 8 games and have kept 6 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Stoke are in 14th position in the Championship on 21 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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