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

Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Sunderland and Manchester United meet at the Stadium of Light on Saturday afternoon, with both Régis Le Bris and Michael Carrick seeking a win in the English Premier League. Premier League stats are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. There's so much to explore, with infographics and the best odds available for every betting markets using the tabs.

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Sunderland's next match is v Everton at 15:00 on Sunday 17th May
Manchester United's next match is v Nottm Forest at 12:30 on Sunday 17th May
The last English Premier League meeting between Sunderland and Man Utd was on Saturday 9th May 2026
English Premier League
May 9th 2026
Sunderland 0
0 Man Utd
 
SUN
MNU
Shots On
4
1
Shots Off
6
5
Corners
6
7
Possession
51%
49%
Fouls
12
12
Yellow/red cards
3/0
 
SunderlandMan Utd
 
L. Geertruida
O. Alderete Fernández
C. Talbi (N. Angulo Ramírez 79')
B. Brobbey
R. Mandava
R. Roefs
N. Mukiele Mulere
T. Hume (E. Mayenda Dossou 90')
N. Sadiki
E. Le Fée
G. Xhaka
N. Mazraoui
H. Maguire
L. Martínez
M. Mount
B. Fernandes
M. Carneiro Da Cunha
(P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu 65') J. Zirkzee
S. Lammens
L. Shaw
K. Mainoo
(B. Mbeumo 75') A. Traoré

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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.

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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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 45% chance of Man Utd coming away with a win.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sunderland
29%
21/1020/1
Draw
26%
5/21/20
Man Utd
45%
6/520/1
Draw 1-1
12%
6/122/1
Man Utd 1-0
10%
10/16/1
Man Utd 2-1
9%
9/190/1
Sunderland 1-0
8%
12/16/1
Man Utd 2-0
8%
12/140/1
Sunderland 2-1
7%
12/190/1
Draw 0-0
7%
12/11/3
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1150/1
Sunderland 2-0
5%
18/140/1
Man Utd 3-1
5%
18/1150/1
Man Utd 3-0
4%
22/1125/1
Sunderland 3-1
3%
25/1150/1
Man Utd 3-2
3%
25/1125/1
Sunderland 3-2
2%
28/1125/1
Sunderland 3-0
2%
40/1125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
8/1150/1
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
11/101/500
Home 1st Goal
45%
11/1016/1
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/514/1
No 1st Goal
4%
12/11/33
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/780/1
BTTS - No
46%
5/41/1000
BTTS - Home Win
14%
9/270/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/320/1
BTTS - Away Win
21%
3/170/1
Home/draw
55%
4/61/150
Away/draw
71%
4/111/300
Home/away
74%
2/79/1
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
2/966/1
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
10/31/1000
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
7/41/50
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
4/91/50
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
4/11/50
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/61/50
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
9/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/161/50
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/259/1
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
12/11/25
Home DNB
47%
5/45/6
Away DNB
63%
4/717/20
Sunderland win to nil
15%
5/1-
Man Utd win to nil
24%
10/3-
Sunderland / Sunderland
16%
4/114/1
Sunderland / Man Utd
4%
22/133/1
Sunderland / Draw
6%
14/125/1
Draw / Sunderland
11%
13/25/2
Draw / Man Utd
15%
5/12/1
Draw / Draw
15%
5/117/10
Man Utd / Sunderland
3%
28/140/1
Man Utd / Man Utd
25%
13/514/1
Man Utd / Draw
6%
14/125/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Sunderland have played 35 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 64 points in the Premier League league table having played 35 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 31 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 10 and losing 5 games. They have scored 58 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Man Utd have conceded 42 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
Arsenal3624754279 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-3A
2
Man City3623854377 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
3
Man Utd36181171565 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
-
-
4
A Villa3718811662 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-3A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1F
5
Liverpool37178121059 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-2F
6
Bournemouth3613167455 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
4-4F
d
 
2-2F
7
Brighton361411111053 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-2F
May 24
8
Brentford3614913351 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
9
Chelsea36131013649 
May 24
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
10
Everton36131013049 
d
 
1-1A
May 17
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
11
Fulham3614616-648 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1F
12
Sunderland36121212-948 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
13
Newcastle3613716-246 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
14
Leeds36101412-544 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
15
C Palace36111114-944 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2A
16
Nottm Forest36111015-243 
l
 
0-5A
w
 
0-1F
May 17
d
 
2-2F
17
Spurs3691116-938 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2F
18
West Ham369918-2036 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
19
Burnley364923-3621 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2A
20
Wolves363924-4118 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
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
19
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASunderland1 - 1Wolves
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
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
37
Conceded
26
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 Utd3 - 2Liverpool
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
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 23 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
1.2
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% 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 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
1.2
1.5
Attack rating
SUN
MNU
36%
better
view stats
Games scored23
32
Failed to score12
3
Scored first12
24
Goals scored37
63
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 conceded25
29
Clean sheets10
6
Conceded first20
11
Goals conceded46
48
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
33669
R RoefsB BrobbeyG XhakaT Hume
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Roefs GLK33
4
-
N Mukiele DEF3034
5
-
L Geertruida DEF26
1
-
O Alderete DEF3211
6
-
R Mandava DEF231
7
1
N Sadiki MID312
8
-
G Xhaka MID3216
7
-
T Hume MID3611
9
-
E Fée MID3445
5
-
C Talbi MID2741
-
B Brobbey FWD2961
6
-
Subs
M Ellborg GLK3
-
D Cirkin DEF8
2
-
C Rigg MID161
1
-
L O'Nien MID10
1
1
H Diarra MID1821
5
-
E Mayenda FWD202
-
W Isidor FWD305
2
-
D. Bi FWD1
-
N Angulo FWD6
-
Man Utd Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
369198
L ShawM CunhaB FernandesL Shaw
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Lammens GLK30
-
N Mazraoui  DEF19
3
-
H Maguire DEF2112
3
1
L Martínez  DEF16
1
L Shaw DEF361
8
-
M Mount  MID213
2
-
K Mainoo MID2612
1
-
A Diallo MID3022
2
-
B Fernandes MID33819
5
-
M Cunha MID3292
4
-
J Zirkzee FWD2221
3
-
Subs
A Bayındır GLK6
-
D Dalot DEF3313
5
-
T Malacia DEF2
-
P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu DEF2433
5
-
L Yoro DEF31
1
-
A. Heaven DEF171
2
-
J. Fletcher MID3
-
T. Fletcher MID1
-
B Mbeumo FWD3193
4
-