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

Sun 24th May, 16:00 BST, Stadium of Light, Sunderland

We’ve English Premier League action to enjoy on Sunday afternoon, as Régis Le Bris and his Sunderland side host Liam Rosenior’s Chelsea at the Stadium of Light. Analysing both teams' last 20 Premier League matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Sunderland and Chelsea will score a minimum of 2 between them during 90 minutes. It's a prediction based on the recent form of the respective sides, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 76%. Bookies have it at 1.22.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 44% chance of Chelsea coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sunderland 31%	3.70	-
Draw 25%	3.60	-
Chelsea 44%	1.91	-
Draw 1-1 12%	7.50	-
Chelsea 1-0 10%	9.50	-
Chelsea 2-1 9%	9.50	-
Sunderland 1-0 8%	15.00	-
Chelsea 2-0 7%	11.00	-
Sunderland 2-1 7%	15.00	-
Draw 0-0 6%	13.00	-
Draw 2-2 6%	15.00	-
Sunderland 2-0 5%	23.00	-
Chelsea 3-1 5%	17.00	-
Chelsea 3-0 4%	19.00	-
Sunderland 3-1 3%	29.00	-
Chelsea 3-2 3%	26.00	-
Sunderland 3-2 2%	34.00	-
Sunderland 3-0 2%	41.00	-
Over 2.5 Goals 52%	1.73	-
Under 2.5 Goals 48%	2.10	-
Home 1st Goal 45%	2.25	-
Away 1st Goal 51%	1.67	-
No 1st Goal 4%	13.00	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	1.62	-
BTTS - No 45%	2.20	-
BTTS - Home Win 15%	6.50	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.50	-
BTTS - Away Win 21%	3.60	-
Home/draw 56%	1.83	-
Away/draw 69%	1.29	-
Home/away 75%	1.29	-
Over 1.5 Goals 76%	1.22	-
Under 1.5 Goals 24%	4.33	-
Over 3.5 Goals 30%	2.75	-
Under 3.5 Goals 70%	1.44	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	5.00	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1.17	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	10.00	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1.06	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1.04	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	13.00	-
Home DNB 49%	2.63	-
Away DNB 62%	1.44	-
Sunderland win to nil 16%	7.00	-
Chelsea win to nil 23%	3.75	-
Sunderland / Sunderland 14%	6.00	-
Sunderland / Chelsea 4%	23.00	-
Sunderland / Draw 6%	15.00	-
Draw / Sunderland 10%	8.50	-
Draw / Chelsea 16%	5.50	-
Draw / Draw 14%	6.00	-
Chelsea / Sunderland 3%	34.00	-
Chelsea / Chelsea 27%	3.20	-
Chelsea / Draw 6%	15.00	-

Win / draw / win Premier League table

Sunderland have played 37 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 5 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 55 goals to 40 goals.

Home League Performance

Sunderland have played 18 games at home winning 8, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 19 goals at home.

Chelsea are in 10th position in the Premier League on 49 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 25 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 31 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 6 and won 3. Chelsea have conceded 27 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 4 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 Chelsea
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Arsenal	36	24	7	5	42	79	d 2-2F	l 3-0A	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
2	Man City	36	23	8	5	43	77	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	l 0-3A	d 1-1A
3	Man Utd	37	19	11	7	16	68	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A	l 0-1A	l 2-1A
4	A Villa	37	18	8	11	6	62	d 1-1A	l 4-3A	l 1-2F	w 1-4A
5	Liverpool	37	17	8	12	10	59	l 0-1A	d 1-1F	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
6	Bournemouth	36	13	16	7	4	55	w 3-2A	d 1-1F	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0
7	Brighton	37	14	11	12	9	53	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-3F	l 3-0A
8	Brentford	37	14	10	13	3	52	w 2-1A	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	d 2-2A
9	Sunderland	37	13	12	12	-7	51	-	-	l 1-2F	May 24
10	Chelsea	36	13	10	13	6	49	May 24	w 1-2A	-	-
11	Newcastle	37	14	7	16	0	49	w 1-0F	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	d 2-2A
12	Everton	37	13	10	14	-2	49	d 1-1A	w 1-3A	w 2-0F	l 3-0A
13	Fulham	37	14	7	16	-6	49	l 1-3A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
14	Leeds	37	11	14	12	-4	47	d 1-1F	w 0-1F	d 2-2F	l 3-1A
15	C Palace	37	11	12	14	-9	45	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	w 1-3F
16	Nottm Forest	37	11	10	16	-3	43	l 0-5A	w 0-1F	l 1-3A	w 0-3F
17	Spurs	36	9	11	16	-9	38	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	May 19	w 0-1F
18	West Ham	37	9	9	19	-22	36	w 3-0F	l 3-1A	w 3-2A	w 1-5A
19	Burnley	36	4	9	23	-36	21	w 3-0F	l 2-0A	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
20	Wolves	37	3	10	24	-41	19	w 2-0F	d 1-1F	w 3-0F	w 1-3F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland	0 - 0	Man Utd
Sunderland	0 - 5	Nottm Forest
Sunderland	1 - 0	Spurs
Sunderland	0 - 1	Brighton
Sunderland	1 - 3	Fulham
Sunderland	0 - 1	Liverpool
Sunderland	3 - 0	Burnley
Sunderland	2 - 1	C Palace
Sunderland	0 - 0	Man City
Sunderland	1 - 1	Leeds
Sunderland	1 - 0	Newcastle
Sunderland	3 - 2	Bournemouth
Sunderland	2 - 2	Arsenal
Sunderland	1 - 1	Everton
Sunderland	2 - 0	Wolves
Sunderland	1 - 1	A Villa
Sunderland	2 - 1	Brentford
Sunderland	3 - 0	West Ham
Sunderland	0 - 1	Coventry
Sunderland	0 - 1	QPR

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sunderland	3 - 1	Everton
H	Sunderland	0 - 0	Man Utd
A	Sunderland	1 - 1	Wolves
H	Sunderland	0 - 5	Nottm Forest
A	Sunderland	3 - 4	A Villa
H	Sunderland	1 - 0	Spurs
A	Sunderland	2 - 1	Newcastle
H	Sunderland	0 - 1	Brighton
A	Sunderland	1 - 0	Leeds
A	Sunderland	1 - 1	Bournemouth
H	Sunderland	1 - 3	Fulham
H	Sunderland	0 - 1	Liverpool
A	Sunderland	0 - 3	Arsenal
H	Sunderland	3 - 0	Burnley
A	Sunderland	1 - 3	West Ham
H	Sunderland	2 - 1	C Palace
A	Sunderland	0 - 3	Brentford
A	Sunderland	1 - 1	Spurs
H	Sunderland	0 - 0	Man City
H	Sunderland	1 - 1	Leeds

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Liverpool	1 - 1	Chelsea
Brighton	3 - 0	Chelsea
Everton	3 - 0	Chelsea
A Villa	1 - 4	Chelsea
Arsenal	2 - 1	Chelsea
Wolves	1 - 3	Chelsea
C Palace	1 - 3	Chelsea
Fulham	2 - 1	Chelsea
Man City	1 - 1	Chelsea
Newcastle	2 - 2	Chelsea
Bournemouth	0 - 0	Chelsea
Leeds	3 - 1	Chelsea
Burnley	0 - 2	Chelsea
Spurs	0 - 1	Chelsea
Nottm Forest	0 - 3	Chelsea
Man Utd	2 - 1	Chelsea
Brentford	2 - 2	Chelsea
West Ham	1 - 5	Chelsea
Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Chelsea
Newcastle	2 - 0	Chelsea

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Chelsea	1 - 1	Liverpool
H	Chelsea	1 - 3	Nottm Forest
A	Chelsea	0 - 3	Brighton
H	Chelsea	0 - 1	Man Utd
H	Chelsea	0 - 3	Man City
A	Chelsea	0 - 3	Everton
H	Chelsea	0 - 1	Newcastle
A	Chelsea	4 - 1	A Villa
A	Chelsea	1 - 2	Arsenal
H	Chelsea	1 - 1	Burnley
H	Chelsea	2 - 2	Leeds
A	Chelsea	3 - 1	Wolves
H	Chelsea	3 - 2	West Ham
A	Chelsea	3 - 1	C Palace
H	Chelsea	2 - 0	Brentford
A	Chelsea	1 - 2	Fulham
A	Chelsea	1 - 1	Man City
H	Chelsea	2 - 2	Bournemouth
H	Chelsea	1 - 2	A Villa
A	Chelsea	2 - 2	Newcastle

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sunderland

Chelsea

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 16

Clean sheets

4 / 16

SUN

CHE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
	0 - 1	Chelsea
Sunderland	3 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	3 - 4	Chelsea
	1 - 3	Chelsea
	1 - 2	Chelsea
	2 - 4	Chelsea
	1 - 3	Chelsea
	2 - 3	Chelsea
	0 - 1	Chelsea
	1 - 2	Chelsea
	1 - 2	Chelsea
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Sunderland	1 - 0
Sunderland	4 - 1
Sunderland	3 - 0

Chelsea

Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

16 / 17

10 / 17

Clean sheets

7 / 17

1 / 17

SUN

CHE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Chelsea
	1 - 2	Sunderland
Chelsea	5 - 1
Chelsea	3 - 1
Chelsea	3 - 1
	1 - 2	Sunderland
Chelsea	2 - 1
Chelsea	1 - 0
	0 - 3	Sunderland
Chelsea	7 - 2
Chelsea	5 - 0
Chelsea	2 - 0
Chelsea	2 - 0
Chelsea	3 - 0
Chelsea	4 - 0
	2 - 4	Sunderland
Chelsea	4 - 0
Chelsea	6 - 2

Goal Statistics

Chelsea have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 24 consecutive English Premier League matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Sunderland on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Sunderland 9th	Chelsea 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Sunderland will score no more than 1 goal	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Chelsea will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-18 Sunderland have scored 18% fewer goals at home than predicted	+9 Chelsea’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season

SUN

CHE

26%

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Games scored	23		29
Failed to score	13		7
Scored first	12		16
Goals scored	37		55
Avg. goals scored	1		1.5
Avg. shots per game	7		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	14		17
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.9
KickOff rating		+26%

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SUN

CHE

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Games conceded	25		27
Clean sheets	11		9
Conceded first	20		18
Goals conceded	46		49
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	13%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.4
KickOff rating		+7%

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

Sunderland Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	7	6	9
R Roefs	B Brobbey	E Fée	T Hume

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Hume DEF	37	1	1	9 -
E Fée MID	35	5	6	5 -
R Roefs GLK	34			4 -
O Alderete DEF	33	1	1	6 -
G Xhaka MID	33	1	6	7 -
N Sadiki MID	32		2	8 -
N Mukiele DEF	31	3	4	5 -
W Isidor FWD	31	6		2 -
B Brobbey FWD	30	7	1	6 -
D Ballard DEF	29	2	1	4 1
C Talbi FWD	28	4	1	-
L Geertruida DEF	27			1 -
R Mandava DEF	24		1	7 1
E Mayenda FWD	20	2		-
H Diarra MID	19	2	2	5 -
C Rigg MID	17	1	1	1 -
R Mundle FWD	14			1 -
B Traoré FWD	12	1		1 -
L O'Nien DEF	11			1 1
D Cirkin DEF	8			2 -
N Angulo FWD	7			-
M Ellborg GLK	3			-
D. Bi FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	6	11
B Brobbey	W Isidor	E Fée	E Fée

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Brobbey FWD	7	17	1	2
W Isidor FWD	6	17
E Fée MID	5	10	6	11
C Talbi FWD	4	10	1
N Mukiele DEF	3	4	4	6
D Ballard DEF	2	9	1	4
E Mayenda FWD	2	6		2
H Diarra MID	2	8	2	1
T Hume DEF	1	6	1	2
O Alderete DEF	1	9	1	1
G Xhaka MID	1	5	6	9
C Rigg MID	1	4	1	3
B Traoré FWD	1	6		2
R Roefs GLK				1
N Sadiki MID		5	2
L Geertruida DEF		3		1
R Mandava DEF			1
R Mundle FWD		2
N Angulo FWD		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1753	85	176
G Xhaka	E Fée	N Mukiele

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Xhaka MID	1753	51	154
O Alderete DEF	1304	33	146
R Roefs GLK	1292		34
N Mukiele DEF	1148	67	176
D Ballard DEF	1103	33	168
E Fée MID	1069	85	152
N Sadiki MID	1067	47	122
T Hume DEF	1021	64	172
R Mandava DEF	784	37	117
L Geertruida DEF	712	36	61
H Diarra MID	429	14	56
C Talbi FWD	399	11	29
B Brobbey FWD	267	9	108
C Rigg MID	212	13	32
L O'Nien DEF	210	7	24
B Traoré FWD	180	11	42
W Isidor FWD	130	10	47
R Mundle FWD	104	5	24
D Cirkin DEF	99	9	19
M Ellborg GLK	98		2
E Mayenda FWD	85	6	42
N Angulo FWD	65	8	21
D. Bi FWD	2	1	4

Chelsea Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	15	5	12
E Fernández	J Pedro	J Pedro	M Caicedo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Fernández MID	34	9	3	9 -
J Pedro FWD	34	15	5	4 -
R Sánchez GLK	33		1	3 1
M Gusto DEF	33	2	3	4 1
M Cucurella DEF	32	1	4	7 1
T Chalobah DEF	32	3		3 1
P Neto FWD	32	5	4	3 1
M Caicedo MID	31	3	1	11 1
R James DEF	28	2	4	4 -
A Santos MID	26			4 -
L Delap FWD	26	1		3 -
C Palmer MID	24	9	1	4 -
W Fofana DEF	23		1	5 1
A Garnacho FWD	23	1	4	2 -
E. Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves FWD	22	2	2	4 -
J Hato DEF	20			6 -
T Adarabioyo DEF	16			2 -
J Bynoe-Gittens FWD	16		2	-
J. Acheampong DEF	15	1		1 -
R Lavia MID	12			-
B Badiashile DEF	8			2 -
M Guiu FWD	8		1	1 -
F Jörgensen GLK	5			-
M Sarr DEF	2			-
L Colwill DEF	2			-
D Essugo MID	2			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	30	5	12
J Pedro	E Fernández	J Pedro	P Neto

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Pedro FWD	15	28	5	6
E Fernández MID	9	30	3	11
C Palmer MID	9	23	1	2
P Neto FWD	5	12	4	12
T Chalobah DEF	3	5		1
M Caicedo MID	3	7	1	4
M Gusto DEF	2	6	3	4
R James DEF	2	6	4	8
E. Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves FWD	2	8	2	4
M Cucurella DEF	1	6	4	6
L Delap FWD	1	11
A Garnacho FWD	1	7	4	5
J. Acheampong DEF	1	2
R Sánchez GLK			1	2
A Santos MID		1		1
W Fofana DEF		2	1	1
J Hato DEF				1
T Adarabioyo DEF				1
J Bynoe-Gittens FWD		2	2	2
R Lavia MID				1
M Guiu FWD		2	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2259	87	188
T Chalobah	M Caicedo	J Pedro

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Chalobah DEF	2259	35	132
M Caicedo MID	1937	87	165
E Fernández MID	1936	52	129
M Cucurella DEF	1395	51	113
R James DEF	1301	48	111
R Sánchez GLK	1228	2	24
M Gusto DEF	1224	51	94
W Fofana DEF	1167	19	109
P Neto FWD	893	16	93
C Palmer MID	764	25	79
A Santos MID	757	32	69
T Adarabioyo DEF	757	17	58
J Pedro FWD	676	26	188
J Hato DEF	661	34	57
A Garnacho FWD	470	15	54
J. Acheampong DEF	450	10	35
B Badiashile DEF	439	7	17
R Lavia MID	284	8	22
E. Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves FWD	270	11	52
L Delap FWD	170	4	56
F Jörgensen GLK	169		3
J Bynoe-Gittens FWD	149	8	32
L Colwill DEF	121	2	7
M Sarr DEF	49	1	1
M Guiu FWD	28		7
D Essugo MID	23	4	8