Both managers will be happy with their transfer business thus far, throwing up the possibility of an entertaining game being played out in the North-East. However, while we expect Coventry to push their hosts all the way, Sunderland could nick a win through a late goal at the Stadium of Light. Read more.

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 37.82%. A win for Coventry City had a probability of 35.63% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 10%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.27%) and 2-0 (6.55%). The likeliest Coventry City win was 0-1 (9.65%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.62%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.6% likelihood.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Coventry City
37.82% ( 0.54)	26.55% ( 0.12)	35.63% ( -0.66)

Both teams to score 52.34% (

-0.43)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.44% (

-0.53)

52.55% (

0.53)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.78% (

-0.46)

74.21% (

0.46)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.99% (

0.06)

27% (

-0.06)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.64% (

0.08)

62.36% (

-0.08)

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.71% (

-0.65)

28.29% (

0.65)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.98% (

-0.83)

64.01% (

0.83)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 37.82%

Coventry City 35.63%

Draw 26.54%

Sunderland	Draw	Coventry City
1-0 @ 10% ( 0.22) 2-1 @ 8.27% ( 0.05) 2-0 @ 6.55% ( 0.16) 3-1 @ 3.61% ( 0.03) 3-0 @ 2.86% ( 0.07) 3-2 @ 2.28% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 1.18% ( 0.01) 4-0 @ 0.94% ( 0.03) Other @ 2.15% Total : 37.82%	1-1 @ 12.62% ( 0.05) 0-0 @ 7.64% ( 0.16) 2-2 @ 5.22% ( -0.06) 3-3 @ 0.96% ( -0.03) Other @ 0.11% Total : 26.54%	0-1 @ 9.65% ( 0.03) 1-2 @ 7.97% ( -0.11) 0-2 @ 6.09% ( -0.09) 1-3 @ 3.36% ( -0.11) 0-3 @ 2.56% ( -0.09) 2-3 @ 2.2% ( -0.07) 1-4 @ 1.06% ( -0.06) Other @ 2.74% Total : 35.63%