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Aston Villa v Sunderland : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Villa Park, Birmingham

It's a long trek for Régis Le Bris's Sunderland side on Sunday afternoon, as they make their way to the Villa Park for a English Premier League showdown with Unai Emery Etxegoien's Aston Villa. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every statistics you could ever need to make a well-informed wager is laid out below. Switch between 17 betting markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for each one.

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Aston Villa's next match is v Fulham at 12:30 on Saturday 25th April
Sunderland's next match is v Nottm Forest at 20:00 on Friday 24th April
The last English Premier League meeting between A Villa and Sunderland was on Sunday 19th April 2026
English Premier League
April 19th 2026
A Villa 4
3 Sunderland
 
O. Watkins 2'9' C. Rigg
O. Watkins 36'86' T. Hume
M. Rogers 46'87' W. Isidor
K. Bakumo-Abraham 90'
 
AVL
SUN
Shots On
7
7
Shots Off
5
2
Corners
4
5
Possession
50%
50%
Fouls
11
11
Yellow/red cards
1/0
3/0
 
A VillaSunderland
 
M. Cash
D. Martínez
E. Konsa Ngoyo
T. Mings
I. Maatsen (L. Digne 70')
R. Barkley (E. Buendía 70')
J. McGinn (J. Sancho 80')
Y. Tielemans
A. Mvom Onana
O. Watkinsfootball iconfootball icon (K. Bakumo-Abraham 80')
M. Rogersfootball icon
L. O'Nien
(D. Ballard 63') O. Alderete Fernández
(C. Talbi 63') football iconC. Rigg
(W. Isidor 84') B. Brobbey
(T. Hume 63') R. Mandava
R. Roefs
N. Mukiele Mulere
M. Diarra
N. Sadiki
E. Le Fée
G. Xhaka

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 77% chance of A Villa and Sunderland a maximum of 3 goals combined during this Premier League game according to our predictive algorithm and, in the absense of a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Our calculations are made based on latest form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.36.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think A Villa are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.67.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
A Villa
53%
3/4
11%
1/100
6%
Draw
26%
13/5
3%
25/1
8%
Sunderland
22%
4/1
17%
150/1
12%
A Villa 1-0
14%
13/2
7%
9/1
8%
Draw 1-1
12%
6/1
13%
9/2
7%
A Villa 2-0
11%
8/1
13%
6/1
7%
A Villa 2-1
9%
17/2
6%
16/5
Draw 0-0
9%
9/117/2
5%
Sunderland 1-0
8%
14/1
12%
10/1
8%
A Villa 3-0
5%
14/1
15%
7/1
9%
Sunderland 2-1
5%
16/1
19%
7/1
13%
A Villa 3-1
5%
16/1
13%
8/15
8%
Draw 2-2
4%
16/1
11%
9/2
Sunderland 2-0
3%
28/1
15%
18/1
10%
A Villa 3-2
2%
28/17/20
A Villa 4-0
2%
33/1
31%
12/1
11%
A Villa 4-1
2%
33/1
17%
19/5
10%
Sunderland 3-1
2%
40/1
20%
16/1
15%
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
10/112/15
4%
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
10/1117/4
4%
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/7
5%
4/7
6%
Away 1st Goal
40%
13/8
9%
7/4
8%
No 1st Goal
6%
9/18/1
5%
BTTS - Yes
46%
4/5
8%
1/2
3%
BTTS - No
54%
19/20
8%
7/5
3%
BTTS - Home Win
20%
11/4
4%
1/12
6%
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/4
5%
6/1
4%
BTTS - Away Win
9%
17/2
21%
40/1
11%
Home/draw
78%
1/6
4%
1/40
4%
Away/draw
47%
1/1
13%
1/10
9%
Home/away
74%
2/77/2
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
3/10
1%
1/20
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
5/2
7%
17/2
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
12/51/5
7%
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
1/316/5
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
11/2
8%
29/20
4%
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/9
2%
1/2
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
12/121/10
9%
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/251/3
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/161/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
9/18/1
5%
Home DNB
71%
2/7
8%
1/1000
7%
Away DNB
40%
5/2
19%
40/1
13%
A Villa win to nil
33%
2/1
14%
-
Sunderland win to nil
13%
7/1
20%
-
A Villa / A Villa
31%
7/4
10%
7/20
9%
A Villa / Sunderland
2%
40/19/1
15%
A Villa / Draw
6%
14/17/2
Draw / A Villa
18%
15/4
6%
22/1
5%
Draw / Sunderland
9%
9/1
17%
28/1
10%
Draw / Draw
15%
5/122/1
5%
Sunderland / A Villa
4%
22/190/1
11%
Sunderland / Sunderland
11%
7/1
20%
80/1
7%
Sunderland / Draw
5%
16/1
11%
100/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

A Villa have played 32 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 7 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 9 fixtures. A Villa have outscored their opponents by 43 goals to 33 goals.

Home League Performance

A Villa have played 16 games at home winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Sunderland are in 11th position in the Premier League on 46 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 7 and won 3. Sunderland have conceded 23 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
A Villa
Sunderland
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Man City3321753770 
w
 
1-0F
May 24
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
2
Arsenal3321753770 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
3
Man Utd33161071358 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-1A
May 9
l
 
2-0A
4
A Villa331779658 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-3A
5
Liverpool33167101155 
May 17
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
6
Brighton34131110950 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
3-4A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
7
Bournemouth3411167049 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1F
8
Chelsea3413912848 
l
 
1-4F
w
 
1-2A
May 24
w
 
1-2A
9
Brentford3313911448 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-0A
10
Everton3313812147 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
May 17
11
Sunderland33121011-446 
w
 
4-3F
d
 
1-1F
-
-
12
Fulham3313614-345 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 25
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
13
C Palace32111011-143 
l
 
0-3A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
14
Newcastle3312615-342 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
15
Leeds3491312-740 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
16
Nottm Forest339915-936 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 24
w
 
0-1F
17
West Ham338916-1733 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
2-3A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1A
18
Spurs3371016-1131 
May 3
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
19
Burnley344822-3420 
w
 
2-1F
May 10
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
20
Wolves333822-3717 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
May 2
Win / draw / win form
A Villa 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
A Villa2 - 0West Ham
A Villa1 - 4Chelsea
A Villa1 - 1Leeds
A Villa1 - 0Brighton
A Villa0 - 1Brentford
A Villa0 - 1Everton
A Villa3 - 1Nottm Forest
A Villa2 - 1Man Utd
A Villa2 - 1Arsenal
A Villa1 - 0Wolves
A Villa4 - 0Bournemouth
A Villa1 - 0Man City
A Villa2 - 1Burnley
A Villa3 - 1Fulham
A Villa0 - 3C Palace
A Villa0 - 0Newcastle
A Villa2 - 0Spurs
A Villa1 - 0Fulham
A Villa4 - 1Newcastle
A Villa2 - 1Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AA Villa1 - 1Nottm Forest
HA Villa2 - 0West Ham
AA Villa1 - 3Man Utd
HA Villa1 - 4Chelsea
AA Villa0 - 2Wolves
HA Villa1 - 1Leeds
HA Villa1 - 0Brighton
AA Villa1 - 1Bournemouth
HA Villa0 - 1Brentford
AA Villa2 - 0Newcastle
HA Villa0 - 1Everton
AA Villa0 - 0C Palace
HA Villa3 - 1Nottm Forest
AA Villa1 - 4Arsenal
AA Villa2 - 1Chelsea
HA Villa2 - 1Man Utd
AA Villa3 - 2West Ham
HA Villa2 - 1Arsenal
AA Villa4 - 3Brighton
HA Villa1 - 0Wolves
Sunderland 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newcastle1 - 2Sunderland
Leeds0 - 1Sunderland
Bournemouth1 - 1Sunderland
Arsenal3 - 0Sunderland
West Ham3 - 1Sunderland
Brentford3 - 0Sunderland
Spurs1 - 1Sunderland
Brighton0 - 0Sunderland
Man City3 - 0Sunderland
Liverpool1 - 1Sunderland
Fulham1 - 0Sunderland
Chelsea1 - 2Sunderland
Man Utd2 - 0Sunderland
Nottm Forest0 - 1Sunderland
C Palace0 - 0Sunderland
Burnley2 - 0Sunderland
Sheff Utd1 - 2Sunderland
Coventry1 - 2Sunderland
Oxford Utd2 - 0Sunderland
Bristol C2 - 1Sunderland
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSunderland1 - 0Spurs
ASunderland2 - 1Newcastle
HSunderland0 - 1Brighton
ASunderland1 - 0Leeds
ASunderland1 - 1Bournemouth
HSunderland1 - 3Fulham
HSunderland0 - 1Liverpool
ASunderland0 - 3Arsenal
HSunderland3 - 0Burnley
ASunderland1 - 3West Ham
HSunderland2 - 1C Palace
ASunderland0 - 3Brentford
ASunderland1 - 1Spurs
HSunderland0 - 0Man City
HSunderland1 - 1Leeds
ASunderland0 - 0Brighton
HSunderland1 - 0Newcastle
ASunderland0 - 3Man City
ASunderland1 - 1Liverpool
HSunderland3 - 2Bournemouth
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
A Villa have not lost to Sunderland in 6 consecutive home league meetings
League games at A Villa since 1997
A Villa
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
18
10
Games: Scored
9 / 16
9 / 16
Clean sheets
7 / 16
7 / 16
AVL
6
D
8
SUN
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT A Villa
A Villa2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
A Villa6 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Sunderland
Draw1 - 1Draw
A Villa2 - 1
0 - 1Sunderland
A Villa2 - 1
A Villa1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
A Villa1 - 0
League games at Sunderland since 1996
Sunderland
A Villa
Goals: Scored
16
24
Games: Scored
12 / 17
14 / 17
Clean sheets
3 / 17
5 / 17
AVL
7
D
5
SUN
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3A Villa
Sunderland3 - 1
0 - 4A Villa
0 - 1A Villa
0 - 1A Villa
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sunderland1 - 0
0 - 2A Villa
1 - 2A Villa
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3A Villa
Sunderland1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sunderland2 - 1
Sunderland1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Aston Villa have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 17 consecutive English Premier League matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Sunderland on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

A Villa 4th Sunderland 11th
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1.5
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that A Villa will score 1 or more goals
0
42%
1
36%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Sunderland scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-1
A Villa’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-19
Sunderland have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
A Villa
PG (predicted goals)
Sunderland
1.5
0.9
Attack rating
13%
better
AVL
SUN
view stats
Games scored23
21
Failed to score9
11
Scored first13
11
Goals scored43
33
Avg. goals scored1.3
1
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for1.3
1.1
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
AVL
SUN
5%
better
view stats
Games conceded23
22
Clean sheets9
10
Conceded first16
18
Goals conceded38
36
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against13%
11%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.6
KickOff rating
+5%

A Villa v Sunderland Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

A Villa Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
331168
M RogersO WatkinsL DigneM Cash
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Martínez GLK28
2
-
M Cash DEF3032
8
-
E Konsa DEF31
1
T Mings DEF14
-
I Maatsen DEF261
2
-
A Onana MID242
3
-
Y Tielemans MID204
-
M Rogers MID3395
6
-
R Barkley MID162
-
J McGinn MID2643
4
-
O Watkins FWD32112
3
-
Subs
M Bizot GLK6
2
-
V Lindelöf DEF131
-
L Digne DEF286
3
-
E Buendía MID3152
6
-
D Luiz MID91
-
L Bogarde MID24
5
-
T Abraham FWD102
-
J Sancho FWD202
-
L Bailey FWD91
1
-
Sunderland Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30659
R RoefsB BrobbeyG XhakaT Hume
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Roefs GLK30
3
-
N Mukiele DEF2724
5
-
L O'Nien DEF10
1
1
O Alderete DEF2911
6
-
R Mandava DEF201
7
1
N Sadiki MID282
8
-
G Xhaka MID2915
5
-
C Rigg MID151
1
-
H Diarra MID1621
4
-
E Fée MID3145
5
-
B Brobbey FWD2661
5
-
Subs
M Ellborg GLK3
-
D Cirkin DEF7
1
-
D Ballard DEF2721
4
-
L Geertruida DEF25
1
-
T Hume DEF3311
9
-
H. Jones MID
-
C Talbi FWD2541
-
E Mayenda FWD192
-
W Isidor FWD285
2
-