As bad as the performance against Blackburn was on Easter Monday, we believe that the injection of Clarke and Bradley Dack into the starting XI could fire Sunderland towards three points this weekend.
Bristol are aiming for three-straight wins, but we feel that the Robins' problem with consistency will rear its ugly once again at the Stadium of Light.
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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 39.41%. A win for Bristol City had a probability of 33.8% and a draw had a probability of 26.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.57%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.41%) and 2-0 (6.99%). The likeliest Bristol City win was 0-1 (9.63%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.73%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with an 8% likelihood.
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