Sunderland 2–0 Preston – England Championship, 1 Jan 2024

Match facts

Sunderland Preston

7 Shots 12

4 Shots on target 3

2 Corners 3

6 Fouls 12

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (300 league matches this season so far).

Result Sunderland to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.78

Expected goals 1.71 – 1.16

Home / Draw / Away

50% 24% 26%

SunderlandDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

45% 55%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

44% 56%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

16% 1

23% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.3% 1–0 9.7% 2–1 9.6%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Sunderland before this match, all matches

1.48points / match

1.36scored / match

1.12conceded / match

11 4 10

WonDrawnLost 25 played · 34:28

Preston before this match, all matches

1.40points / match

1.24scored / match

1.68conceded / match

10 5 10

WonDrawnLost 25 played · 31:42

Sunderland all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.36 Goals scored 1.24

1.12 Goals conceded 1.68

2.48 Total goals 2.92

16.20 Shots 9.48

5.12 Shots on target 3.24

10.60 Shots faced 12.84

6.92 Corners 4.36

4.20 Corners against 5.56

9.36 Fouls 12.48

2.04 Yellow cards 2.52

0.68 1st-half goals scored 0.48

0.60 1st-half goals conceded 0.64

How often Full Time

44% Wins 40%

16% Draws 20%

40% Losses 40%

92% Over 0.5 goals 96%

72% Over 1.5 goals 84%

56% Over 2.5 goals 64%

24% Over 3.5 goals 28%

4% Over 4.5 goals 12%

0% Over 5.5 goals 8%

48% Both teams scored 64%

28% Clean sheets 12%

32% Failed to score 28%

How often Half Time

20% Wins 16%

56% Draws 60%

24% Losses 24%

68% Over 0.5 goals 56%

44% Over 1.5 goals 40%

16% Over 2.5 goals 12%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Sunderland all matches

3

1

W

2

L

1

2

L

1

D

2

1

W

1

W

1

L

3

L

1

W

1

D

Preston all matches

2

1

W

1

2

L

4

L

2

L

D

3

1

W

1

5

L

1

2

L

2

1

W

1

L

Sunderland before this match, at home

1.75points / match

1.67scored / match

1.33conceded / match

7 5

WonDrawnLost 12 played · 20:16

Preston before this match, away

1.25points / match

1.08scored / match

1.50conceded / match

4 3 5

WonDrawnLost 12 played · 13:18

Sunderland at home away Preston

Per match

1.67 Goals scored 1.08

1.33 Goals conceded 1.50

3.00 Total goals 2.58

16.25 Shots 8.58

5.67 Shots on target 2.83

11.17 Shots faced 12.33

6.50 Corners 3.25

4.42 Corners against 5.08

10.58 Fouls 11.42

2.00 Yellow cards 2.08

0.75 1st-half goals scored 0.42

0.50 1st-half goals conceded 0.58

How often Full Time

58% Wins 33%

0% Draws 25%

42% Losses 42%

100% Over 0.5 goals 92%

83% Over 1.5 goals 75%

75% Over 2.5 goals 50%

33% Over 3.5 goals 25%

8% Over 4.5 goals 8%

0% Over 5.5 goals 8%

50% Both teams scored 50%

25% Clean sheets 25%

25% Failed to score 33%

How often Half Time

25% Wins 17%

58% Draws 67%

17% Losses 17%

67% Over 0.5 goals 42%

42% Over 1.5 goals 33%

17% Over 2.5 goals 17%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Sunderland at home

5

W

1

L

2

W

4

L

3

1

W

3

1

W

1

2

L

2

1

W

1

W

3

L

Preston away

2

W

1

D

3

L

2

4

L

1

L

2

1

W

4

L

D

3

1

W

1

2

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Sunderland all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.12.23	Rotherham – Sunderland	1–1 (0–0)	6.50	4.20	1.53	1.93	1.93
26.12.23	Hull – Sunderland	0–1 (0–0)	2.50	3.30	2.90	1.95	1.90
23.12.23	Sunderland – Coventry	0–3 (0–1)	2.05	3.50	3.60	1.85	2.00
16.12.23	Bristol City – Sunderland	1–0 (1–0)	3.10	3.60	2.25	2.03	1.83
12.12.23	Sunderland – Leeds	1–0 (0–0)	2.80	3.60	2.40	1.70	2.10
09.12.23	Sunderland – West Brom	2–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.25	3.20	2.05	1.80
02.12.23	Millwall – Sunderland	1–1 (1–0)	3.00	3.30	2.38	1.98	1.88
29.11.23	Sunderland – Huddersfield	1–2 (1–1)	1.57	4.33	5.50	1.73	2.08
25.11.23	Plymouth – Sunderland	2–0 (2–0)	3.40	3.75	2.00	1.53	2.40
11.11.23	Sunderland – Birmingham	3–1 (1–1)	1.75	3.75	4.50	1.85	2.00

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.12.23	Preston – Sheffield Weds	0–1 (0–1)	2.38	3.00	3.40	2.50	1.50
26.12.23	Preston – Leeds	2–1 (0–0)	5.75	4.20	1.57	1.83	2.03
22.12.23	Swansea – Preston	2–1 (0–0)	2.05	3.50	3.50	2.05	1.75
16.12.23	Preston – Watford	1–5 (1–1)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.25	1.62
12.12.23	Huddersfield – Preston	1–3 (0–2)	2.63	3.10	2.88	2.50	1.50
09.12.23	Norwich – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	4.00	1.90	1.95
01.12.23	Preston – QPR	0–2 (0–0)	2.20	3.25	3.50	2.30	1.60
28.11.23	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.67	3.60	5.50	2.00	1.85
25.11.23	Preston – Cardiff	1–2 (0–0)	2.40	3.20	3.00	2.35	1.57
10.11.23	Blackburn – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	1.95	3.60	3.75	1.83	2.03

Sunderland at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
23.12.23	Sunderland – Coventry	0–3 (0–1)	2.05	3.50	3.60	1.85	2.00
12.12.23	Sunderland – Leeds	1–0 (0–0)	2.80	3.60	2.40	1.70	2.10
09.12.23	Sunderland – West Brom	2–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.25	3.20	2.05	1.80
29.11.23	Sunderland – Huddersfield	1–2 (1–1)	1.57	4.33	5.50	1.73	2.08
11.11.23	Sunderland – Birmingham	3–1 (1–1)	1.75	3.75	4.50	1.85	2.00
28.10.23	Sunderland – Norwich	3–1 (2–1)	2.00	3.75	3.50	1.67	2.15
07.10.23	Sunderland – Middlesbrough	0–4 (0–0)	2.30	3.60	2.88	1.75	2.05
04.10.23	Sunderland – Watford	2–0 (1–0)	1.95	3.40	4.00	1.80	2.00
24.09.23	Sunderland – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	1.85	3.50	4.33	1.83	2.03
02.09.23	Sunderland – Southampton	5–0 (3–0)	2.80	3.60	2.40	1.80	2.00

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
22.12.23	Swansea – Preston	2–1 (0–0)	2.05	3.50	3.50	2.05	1.75
12.12.23	Huddersfield – Preston	1–3 (0–2)	2.63	3.10	2.88	2.50	1.50
09.12.23	Norwich – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	4.00	1.90	1.95
28.11.23	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.67	3.60	5.50	2.00	1.85
10.11.23	Blackburn – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	1.95	3.60	3.75	1.83	2.03
28.10.23	Hull – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.80	2.08	1.73
07.10.23	Ipswich – Preston	4–2 (3–1)	1.60	4.00	5.50	1.83	2.03
04.10.23	Leicester – Preston	3–0 (0–0)	1.50	4.20	7.50	1.85	2.00
23.09.23	Rotherham – Preston	1–1 (1–1)	3.20	3.40	2.25	2.20	1.67
02.09.23	Stoke – Preston	0–2 (0–0)	1.95	3.50	4.00	2.10	1.73

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1 1 1

Sunderland winsDrawsPreston wins

3matches

2.00goals / match

67%over 2.5

33%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.08.23E1	Preston – Sunderland	2–1 (1–1)	2.63	3.40	2.60	1.95	1.90
08.05.23E1	Preston – Sunderland	0–3 (0–0)	4.00	3.50	1.91	1.80	2.05
01.10.22E1	Sunderland – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.20	1.66

England Championship table 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	25	20	2	3	50	17	+33	62
2	Ipswich	25	16	6	3	48	33	+15	54
3	Southampton	25	15	6	4	45	30	+15	51
4	Leeds	25	13	6	6	42	25	+17	45
5	West Brom	25	12	6	7	36	23	+13	42
6	Hull	25	11	6	8	39	33	+6	39
7	Sunderland	25	11	4	10	34	28	+6	37
8	Bristol City	25	10	6	9	30	27	+3	36
9	Middlesbrough	25	11	3	11	37	36	+1	36
10	Watford	25	9	8	8	39	33	+6	35
11	Preston	25	10	5	10	31	42	-11	35
12	Coventry	25	8	10	7	35	27	+8	34
13	Norwich	25	10	4	11	41	41	0	34
14	Cardiff	25	10	4	11	32	32	0	34
15	Blackburn	25	10	1	14	37	46	-9	31
16	Millwall	25	7	8	10	27	31	-4	29
17	Swansea	25	7	8	10	34	39	-5	29
18	Plymouth	25	7	7	11	40	42	-2	28
19	Stoke	25	7	7	11	25	32	-7	28
20	Birmingham	25	7	7	11	30	38	-8	28
21	Huddersfield	25	5	10	10	25	40	-15	25
22	QPR	25	5	6	14	20	35	-15	21
23	Sheffield Weds	25	5	4	16	18	39	-21	19
24	Rotherham	25	3	8	14	22	48	-26	17

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	12	10	0	2	23	6	+17	30
2	Ipswich	13	9	3	1	33	20	+13	30
3	Southampton	13	9	2	2	30	15	+15	29
4	Leeds	12	8	4	0	26	10	+16	28
5	West Brom	13	8	3	2	20	10	+10	27
6	Plymouth	12	7	2	3	30	19	+11	23
7	Hull	13	6	4	3	21	13	+8	22
8	Coventry	13	5	7	1	17	10	+7	22
9	Norwich	12	7	1	4	18	13	+5	22
10	Sunderland	12	7	0	5	20	16	+4	21
11	Watford	14	5	5	4	25	18	+7	20
12	Birmingham	13	5	5	3	18	15	+3	20
13	Cardiff	13	6	2	5	18	15	+3	20
14	Bristol City	12	6	2	4	17	14	+3	20
15	Preston	13	6	2	5	18	24	-6	20
16	Middlesbrough	12	6	1	5	13	11	+2	19
17	Rotherham	13	3	6	4	16	17	-1	15
18	Stoke	12	4	3	5	10	13	-3	15
19	Blackburn	12	5	0	7	16	21	-5	15
20	Millwall	13	4	3	6	12	17	-5	15
21	Swansea	12	3	5	4	15	15	0	14
22	Huddersfield	13	3	5	5	14	20	-6	14
23	Sheffield Weds	12	3	3	6	11	17	-6	12
24	QPR	11	2	3	6	10	17	-7	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	13	10	2	1	27	11	+16	32
2	Ipswich	12	7	3	2	15	13	+2	24
3	Southampton	12	6	4	2	15	15	0	22
4	Leeds	13	5	2	6	16	15	+1	17
5	Middlesbrough	13	5	2	6	24	25	-1	17
6	Hull	12	5	2	5	18	20	-2	17
7	Sunderland	13	4	4	5	14	12	+2	16
8	Bristol City	13	4	4	5	13	13	0	16
9	Blackburn	13	5	1	7	21	25	-4	16
10	West Brom	12	4	3	5	16	13	+3	15
11	Watford	11	4	3	4	14	15	-1	15
12	Swansea	13	4	3	6	19	24	-5	15
13	Preston	12	4	3	5	13	18	-5	15
14	Millwall	12	3	5	4	15	14	+1	14
15	Cardiff	12	4	2	6	14	17	-3	14
16	Stoke	13	3	4	6	15	19	-4	13
17	Coventry	12	3	3	6	18	17	+1	12
18	Norwich	13	3	3	7	23	28	-5	12
19	QPR	14	3	3	8	10	18	-8	12
20	Huddersfield	12	2	5	5	11	20	-9	11
21	Birmingham	12	2	2	8	12	23	-11	8
22	Sheffield Weds	13	2	1	10	7	22	-15	7
23	Plymouth	13	0	5	8	10	23	-13	5
24	Rotherham	12	0	2	10	6	31	-25	2

Sunderland Preston

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	15	Blackburn	25	5	20	1.5	1.8	10	1	14	37	46	31
2	18	Plymouth	25	7	18	1.6	1.7	7	7	11	40	42	28
3	11	Preston	25	9	16	1.2	1.7	10	5	10	31	42	35
4	13	Norwich	25	9	16	1.6	1.6	10	4	11	41	41	34
5	17	Swansea	25	9	16	1.4	1.6	7	8	10	34	39	29
6	2	Ipswich	25	10	15	1.9	1.3	16	6	3	48	33	54
7	3	Southampton	25	10	15	1.8	1.2	15	6	4	45	30	51
8	6	Hull	25	10	15	1.6	1.3	11	6	8	39	33	39
9	7	Sunderland	25	11	14	1.4	1.1	11	4	10	34	28	37
10	9	Middlesbrough	25	11	14	1.5	1.4	11	3	11	37	36	36
11	1	Leicester	25	12	13	2.0	0.7	20	2	3	50	17	62
12	4	Leeds	25	12	13	1.7	1.0	13	6	6	42	25	45
13	10	Watford	25	12	13	1.6	1.3	9	8	8	39	33	35
14	24	Rotherham	25	12	13	0.9	1.9	3	8	14	22	48	17
15	14	Cardiff	25	13	12	1.3	1.3	10	4	11	32	32	34
16	20	Birmingham	25	13	12	1.2	1.5	7	7	11	30	38	28
17	21	Huddersfield	25	13	12	1.0	1.6	5	10	10	25	40	25
18	23	Sheffield Weds	25	13	12	0.7	1.6	5	4	16	18	39	19
19	5	West Brom	25	14	11	1.4	0.9	12	6	7	36	23	42
20	16	Millwall	25	14	11	1.1	1.2	7	8	10	27	31	29
21	8	Bristol City	25	15	10	1.2	1.1	10	6	9	30	27	36
22	12	Coventry	25	15	10	1.4	1.1	8	10	7	35	27	34
23	22	QPR	25	15	10	0.8	1.4	5	6	14	20	35	21
24	19	Stoke	25	16	9	1.0	1.3	7	7	11	25	32	28

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Ipswich	13	3	10	2.5	1.5	9	3	1	33	20	30
2	11	Preston	13	3	10	1.4	1.8	6	2	5	18	24	20
3	18	Plymouth	12	2	10	2.5	1.6	7	2	3	30	19	23
4	3	Southampton	13	4	9	2.3	1.2	9	2	2	30	15	29
5	7	Sunderland	12	3	9	1.7	1.3	7	0	5	20	16	21
6	15	Blackburn	12	3	9	1.3	1.8	5	0	7	16	21	15
7	4	Leeds	12	4	8	2.2	0.8	8	4	0	26	10	28
8	10	Watford	14	6	8	1.8	1.3	5	5	4	25	18	20
9	17	Swansea	12	5	7	1.2	1.2	3	5	4	15	15	14
10	20	Birmingham	13	6	7	1.4	1.2	5	5	3	18	15	20
11	21	Huddersfield	13	6	7	1.1	1.5	3	5	5	14	20	14
12	1	Leicester	12	6	6	1.9	0.5	10	0	2	23	6	30
13	6	Hull	13	7	6	1.6	1.0	6	4	3	21	13	22
14	13	Norwich	12	6	6	1.5	1.1	7	1	4	18	13	22
15	16	Millwall	13	7	6	0.9	1.3	4	3	6	12	17	15
16	23	Sheffield Weds	12	6	6	0.9	1.4	3	3	6	11	17	12
17	24	Rotherham	13	7	6	1.2	1.3	3	6	4	16	17	15
18	5	West Brom	13	8	5	1.5	0.8	8	3	2	20	10	27
19	8	Bristol City	12	7	5	1.4	1.2	6	2	4	17	14	20
20	14	Cardiff	13	8	5	1.4	1.2	6	2	5	18	15	20
21	22	QPR	11	6	5	0.9	1.5	2	3	6	10	17	9
22	19	Stoke	12	8	4	0.8	1.1	4	3	5	10	13	15
23	9	Middlesbrough	12	9	3	1.1	0.9	6	1	5	13	11	19
24	12	Coventry	13	10	3	1.3	0.8	5	7	1	17	10	22

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	9	Middlesbrough	13	2	11	1.8	1.9	5	2	6	24	25	17
2	15	Blackburn	13	2	11	1.6	1.9	5	1	7	21	25	16
3	13	Norwich	13	3	10	1.8	2.2	3	3	7	23	28	12
4	6	Hull	12	3	9	1.5	1.7	5	2	5	18	20	17
5	17	Swansea	13	4	9	1.5	1.8	4	3	6	19	24	15
6	18	Plymouth	13	5	8	0.8	1.8	0	5	8	10	23	5
7	1	Leicester	13	6	7	2.1	0.8	10	2	1	27	11	32
8	12	Coventry	12	5	7	1.5	1.4	3	3	6	18	17	12
9	14	Cardiff	12	5	7	1.2	1.4	4	2	6	14	17	14
10	24	Rotherham	12	5	7	0.5	2.6	0	2	10	6	31	2
11	3	Southampton	12	6	6	1.2	1.2	6	4	2	15	15	22
12	5	West Brom	12	6	6	1.3	1.1	4	3	5	16	13	15
13	11	Preston	12	6	6	1.1	1.5	4	3	5	13	18	15
14	23	Sheffield Weds	13	7	6	0.5	1.7	2	1	10	7	22	7
15	2	Ipswich	12	7	5	1.2	1.1	7	3	2	15	13	24
16	4	Leeds	13	8	5	1.2	1.2	5	2	6	16	15	17
17	7	Sunderland	13	8	5	1.1	0.9	4	4	5	14	12	16
18	8	Bristol City	13	8	5	1.0	1.0	4	4	5	13	13	16
19	10	Watford	11	6	5	1.3	1.4	4	3	4	14	15	15
20	16	Millwall	12	7	5	1.2	1.2	3	5	4	15	14	14
21	19	Stoke	13	8	5	1.2	1.5	3	4	6	15	19	13
22	20	Birmingham	12	7	5	1.0	1.9	2	2	8	12	23	8
23	21	Huddersfield	12	7	5	0.9	1.7	2	5	5	11	20	11
24	22	QPR	14	9	5	0.7	1.3	3	3	8	10	18	12

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.