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

Sat 9th May, 15:00 BST, Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Sunderland and their boss Régis Le Bris will be aiming to beat Michael Carrick and his Manchester United side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair clash at the Stadium of Light in the English Premier League. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head stats across every market, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this Premier League clash.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our best tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score 2 goals or more between them during 90 minutes. Both Sunderland and Man Utd's latest form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.22.

In-Play
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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Man Utd coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sunderland
27%
3/1-
Draw
25%
13/5-
Man Utd
47%
5/6-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2-
Man Utd 1-0
11%
15/2-
Man Utd 2-1
9%
17/2-
Man Utd 2-0
8%
9/1-
Sunderland 1-0
8%
14/1-
Draw 0-0
7%
11/1-
Sunderland 2-1
7%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Man Utd 3-1
5%
16/1-
Man Utd 3-0
4%
16/1-
Sunderland 2-0
4%
22/1-
Man Utd 3-2
3%
25/1-
Sunderland 3-1
2%
33/1-
Sunderland 3-2
2%
40/1-
Man Utd 4-1
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
4/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
1/1-
Home 1st Goal
44%
7/5-
Away 1st Goal
52%
8/13-
No 1st Goal
5%
11/1-
BTTS - Yes
52%
3/4-
BTTS - No
48%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
13%
13/2-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
21%
11/4-
Home/draw
53%
10/11-
Away/draw
73%
2/9-
Home/away
75%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
1/4-
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
2/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
9/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
11/1-
Home DNB
45%
2/1-
Away DNB
65%
4/11-
Sunderland win to nil
14%
7/1-
Man Utd win to nil
26%
12/5-
Sunderland / Sunderland
12%
6/1-
Sunderland / Man Utd
4%
22/1-
Sunderland / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Sunderland
10%
8/1-
Draw / Man Utd
17%
4/1-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Man Utd / Sunderland
3%
33/1-
Man Utd / Man Utd
29%
2/1-
Man Utd / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Sunderland have played 34 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 7 and won 3. Sunderland have conceded 31 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sunderland have played 17 games at home, winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 23 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Man Utd lay in 3rd place on 61 points in the Premier League league table having played 34 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below them in the table, winning 15, drawing 10 and losing 5 games. They have scored 55 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Man Utd have conceded 40 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Man Utd have played 17 away games, winning 6, drawing 7 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sunderland
Man Utd
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal3422753873 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-3A
2
Man City3321753770 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
3
Man Utd34171071461 
May 9
l
 
2-0A
-
-
4
Liverpool34177101358 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
May 3
w
 
1-2F
5
A Villa3417710558 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-3A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1F
6
Brighton34131110950 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-2F
May 24
7
Bournemouth3411167049 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
4-4F
d
 
2-2F
8
Chelsea3413912848 
May 24
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
9
Brentford3413912348 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
10
Fulham3414614-248 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1F
11
Everton3413813047 
d
 
1-1A
May 17
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
12
Sunderland34121012-946 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
May 9
13
C Palace33111012-343 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2A
14
Newcastle3412616-442 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
15
Leeds3491312-740 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
16
Nottm Forest3410915-439 
l
 
0-5A
w
 
0-1F
May 17
d
 
2-2F
17
West Ham349916-1636 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
18
Spurs3481016-1034 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2F
19
Burnley344822-3420 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2A
20
Wolves343823-3817 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-4F
Win / draw / win form
Sunderland 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland0 - 5Nottm Forest
Sunderland1 - 0Spurs
Sunderland0 - 1Brighton
Sunderland1 - 3Fulham
Sunderland0 - 1Liverpool
Sunderland3 - 0Burnley
Sunderland2 - 1C Palace
Sunderland0 - 0Man City
Sunderland1 - 1Leeds
Sunderland1 - 0Newcastle
Sunderland3 - 2Bournemouth
Sunderland2 - 2Arsenal
Sunderland1 - 1Everton
Sunderland2 - 0Wolves
Sunderland1 - 1A Villa
Sunderland2 - 1Brentford
Sunderland3 - 0West Ham
Sunderland0 - 1Coventry
Sunderland0 - 1QPR
Sunderland0 - 1Blackburn
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSunderland0 - 5Nottm Forest
ASunderland3 - 4A Villa
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
Man Utd 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chelsea0 - 1Man Utd
Bournemouth2 - 2Man Utd
Newcastle2 - 1Man Utd
Everton0 - 1Man Utd
West Ham1 - 1Man Utd
Arsenal2 - 3Man Utd
Burnley2 - 2Man Utd
Leeds1 - 1Man Utd
A Villa2 - 1Man Utd
Wolves1 - 4Man Utd
C Palace1 - 2Man Utd
Spurs2 - 2Man Utd
Nottm Forest2 - 2Man Utd
Liverpool1 - 2Man Utd
Brentford3 - 1Man Utd
Man City3 - 0Man Utd
Fulham1 - 1Man Utd
Chelsea1 - 0Man Utd
Brentford4 - 3Man Utd
Bournemouth1 - 1Man Utd
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMan Utd2 - 1Brentford
AMan Utd1 - 0Chelsea
HMan Utd1 - 2Leeds
AMan Utd2 - 2Bournemouth
HMan Utd3 - 1A Villa
AMan Utd1 - 2Newcastle
HMan Utd2 - 1C Palace
AMan Utd1 - 0Everton
AMan Utd1 - 1West Ham
HMan Utd2 - 0Spurs
HMan Utd3 - 2Fulham
AMan Utd3 - 2Arsenal
HMan Utd2 - 0Man City
AMan Utd2 - 2Burnley
AMan Utd1 - 1Leeds
HMan Utd1 - 1Wolves
HMan Utd1 - 0Newcastle
AMan Utd1 - 2A Villa
HMan Utd4 - 4Bournemouth
AMan Utd4 - 1Wolves
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Man Utd have beaten Sunderland in 3 consecutive league meetings
League games at Sunderland since 1997
Sunderland
Man Utd
Goals: Scored
12
27
Games: Scored
9 / 16
15 / 16
Clean sheets
1 / 16
7 / 16
SUN
2
D
4
MNU
10
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
0 - 3Man Utd
Sunderland2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Man Utd
0 - 1Man Utd
0 - 1Man Utd
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Man Utd
1 - 2Man Utd
0 - 4Man Utd
1 - 3Man Utd
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Man Utd
0 - 1Man Utd
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sunderland2 - 1
League games at Man Utd since 1996
Man Utd
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
38
7
Games: Scored
15 / 17
6 / 17
Clean sheets
11 / 17
2 / 17
SUN
1
D
2
MNU
14
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man Utd
Man Utd2 - 0
Man Utd3 - 1
Man Utd3 - 0
Man Utd2 - 0
0 - 1Sunderland
Man Utd3 - 1
Man Utd1 - 0
Man Utd2 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Man Utd1 - 0
Man Utd1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Man Utd2 - 1
Man Utd4 - 1
Man Utd3 - 0
Man Utd4 - 0
Man Utd5 - 0
Goal Statistics

Manchester United have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 21 consecutive English Premier League outings. Their PG of 1.5 against Sunderland on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Sunderland 12th Man Utd 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Sunderland will score no more than 1 goal
0
21%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Man Utd 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
+6
Man Utd’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Sunderland
PG (predicted goals)
Man Utd
1.1
1.5
Attack rating
SUN
MNU
36%
better
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Games scored22
31
Failed to score12
3
Scored first11
23
Goals scored36
60
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.8
Avg. shots per game7
11
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
16
Avg. XG for1.1
1.8
KickOff rating
+36%
Defence rating
6%
better
SUN
MNU
view stats
Games conceded24
28
Clean sheets10
6
Conceded first20
11
Goals conceded45
46
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
17%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.4
KickOff rating
+6%

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

Sunderland Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
31659
R RoefsB BrobbeyE FéeT Hume
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Hume DEF3411
9
-
E Fée MID3245
5
-
R Roefs GLK31
3
-
O Alderete DEF3011
6
-
G Xhaka MID3015
6
-
N Sadiki MID292
8
-
W Isidor FWD295
2
-
N Mukiele DEF2824
5
-
D Ballard DEF2821
4
-
B Brobbey FWD2761
5
-
L Geertruida DEF25
1
-
C Talbi FWD2541
-
R Mandava DEF211
7
1
E Mayenda FWD192
-
H Diarra MID1721
5
-
C Rigg MID161
1
-
R Mundle FWD14
1
-
B Traoré FWD121
1
-
L O'Nien DEF10
1
1
D Cirkin DEF7
1
-
N Angulo FWD5
-
M Ellborg GLK3
-
D. Bi FWD1
-
Man Utd Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
34101910
L ShawB SeskoB FernandesCasemiro
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Shaw DEF341
7
-
D Dalot DEF3213
5
-
Casemiro MID3292
9
1
B Fernandes MID31819
4
-
L Yoro DEF30
1
-
M Cunha FWD3082
3
-
B Sesko FWD29101
2
-
B Mbeumo FWD2993
4
-
S Lammens GLK28
-
A Diallo FWD2822
2
-
K Mainoo MID242
1
-
P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu DEF2233
5
-
M Ugarte MID22
1
-
M Mount  MID203
1
-
J Zirkzee FWD2021
2
-
H Maguire DEF1912
3
1
N Mazraoui  DEF18
3
-
A. Heaven DEF161
2
-
L Martínez  DEF15
1
M Ligt DEF131
-
A Bayındır GLK6
-
T Malacia DEF2
-