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Swansea vs Sunderland — Championship 2018

Swansea
Swansea
FT
0 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Sunderland
Sunderland
11/4/2023ChampionshipChampionship · Round 15Swansea.com Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 11+ matches

Swansea38%
×Draw28%
Sunderland34%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

Swansea
1.19
Sunderland
1.10

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 24 home / 11 away

creates per match

Swansea
1.18
Sunderland
0.99

allows per match

Swansea
1.22
Sunderland
1.19

finishing

Swansea+0.03on par
Sunderland+0.10scores more

Total goals

60%Under
  • Under60
  • Over40

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

54%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Swansea ↓

Sunderland →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–111%
0–26%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–012%
1–113%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–18%
2–24%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
67%33%2.5
40%60%3.5
20%80%4.5
8%92%

Double chance

Swansea or draw
66%
Swansea or Sunderland
72%
Draw or Sunderland
62%

Winning margin

Swansea wins by 2+
16%
Sunderland wins by 2+
13%

Team goals

Swansea 1+ goals
70%
Swansea 2+ goals
33%
Swansea 3+ goals
12%
Sunderland 1+ goals
67%
Sunderland 2+ goals
30%
Sunderland 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Swansea (draw refunded)
53%
Sunderland (draw refunded)
47%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
33%
Both score & under 3
13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Swansea at home — creates 1.18, concedes 1.22 · 24 matches

Sunderland away — creates 0.99, concedes 1.19 · 11 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Swansea attack 1.18 + Sunderland defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.19

Sunderland attack 0.99 + Swansea defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.10

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 38%?"

Swansea scores more
38%
level
28%
Sunderland scores more
34%

Swansea at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Swansea 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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Championship: Swansea 0–0 Sunderland

Swansea and Sunderland drew 0-0 in Championship on November 4, 2023.

The match was played at Swansea.com Stadium in Swansea.