Sunderland are coming into the game on the back of two draws, but have shown enough quality in recent performances to suggest they can get back to winning ways here.
For Blackpool, they do have a resolute spirit about them, but their lack of cutting edge in attack puts a lot of pressure on their defence to keep the opposition out and Sunderland should have too much quality to be kept out here.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sunderland win with a probability of 57.22%. A draw had a probability of 24.5% and a win for Blackpool had a probability of 18.32%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.14%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.62%) and 2-1 (9.41%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.44%), while for a Blackpool win it was 0-1 (6.96%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with an 8.6% likelihood.
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