Leeds United U21 vs Sunderland U21 — League #702 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 5+ matches
Leeds United U2140%
Sunderland U2139%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 20 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over72
- Under28
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes71
- No29
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Leeds United U21 ↓
Most likely 1–1 (8%) · grid covers 92% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Leeds United U21 at home — creates 1.75, concedes 1.90 · 20 matches
Sunderland U21 away — creates 1.80, concedes 2.00 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Leeds United U21 attack 1.75 + Sunderland U21 defence 2.00 → ÷2 → 1.88
Sunderland U21 attack 1.80 + Leeds United U21 defence 1.90 → ÷2 → 1.85
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 40%?"
Leeds United U21 at 40% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 40% does not mean "Leeds United U21 will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Head to Head
Leeds United U21 host Sunderland U21 on Sunday, 19 March 2023 at 14:00. The match is part of the League #702 2026/2027 season.
League #702: Leeds United U21 3–1 Sunderland U21
Leeds United U21 beat Sunderland U21 3-1 in League #702 on March 19, 2023.
Goals: Mateo Joseph (17', 87'), I. Lihadji (21'), S. Perkins (36').
The match was played at Elland Road in Leeds, West Yorkshire.