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Stoke City v Sunderland : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 29th Dec, 15:00 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Stoke City and their manager Steven Schumacher will be looking to get one over on Régis Le Bris and his Sunderland side on Sunday afternoon, as the pair meet at the bet365 Stadium in the Championship. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Flipping the market using the tabs below changes all statistics and the odds, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there isn't an obvious winner in this fixture, but the evidence does point towards the conclusion that Stoke and Sunderland will score 2 or more goals between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither Steven Schumacher or Régis Le Bris has suffered the frustration of many 0-0s recently either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.36 equating to approximately a 75% probability.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Stoke are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.00.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Stoke 35%	3.00 9%	3.00 4%
Draw 26%	3.50	3.40 3%
Sunderland 39%	2.20 8%	2.38 3%
Draw 1-1 12%	6.50	6.00
Sunderland 1-0 10%	7.00 7%	7.00
Stoke 1-0 9%	8.50 6%	7.50
Sunderland 2-1 8%	9.50	8.50
Stoke 2-1 8%	11.00	9.50
Draw 0-0 7%	9.50 6%	8.00 7%
Sunderland 2-0 7%	10.00 9%	9.50 5%
Stoke 2-0 6%	15.00 15%	12.00
Draw 2-2 5%	17.00	13.00
Sunderland 3-1 4%	19.00 10%	15.00 12%
Stoke 3-1 3%	26.00 13%	19.00
Sunderland 3-0 3%	21.00 9%	17.00 11%
Stoke 3-0 3%	34.00 17%	23.00
Sunderland 3-2 2%	29.00 15%	23.00
Stoke 3-2 2%	34.00	26.00
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	2.10	2.05 2%
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	1.73	1.70 2%
Home 1st Goal 47%	2.30 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	1.73 4%	-
No 1st Goal 5%	9.50 6%	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	1.83	1.85
BTTS - No 46%	1.83	1.85
BTTS - Home Win 17%	6.50 8%	5.75 5%
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.75 5%	4.50 2%
BTTS - Away Win 18%	5.00 9%	4.80 4%
Home/draw 62%	1.67 9%	1.57 3%
Away/draw 65%	1.36 3%	1.40
Home/away 74%	1.29	1.30 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	1.36	1.35 1%
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	3.20	3.00 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	4.00	3.60 3%
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	1.25	1.25
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	8.00	7.00 7%
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1.08	1.08 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	17.00	15.00
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1.02	1.02 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1.06 1%	1.06 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	10.00 11%	8.00
Home DNB 54%	2.20 10%	2.10 5%
Away DNB 57%	1.62 6%	1.67 3%
Stoke win to nil 19%	5.00 11%	-
Sunderland win to nil 20%	3.75	-
Stoke / Stoke 16%	5.50 16%	4.60
Stoke / Sunderland 3%	26.00 10%	21.00
Stoke / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00 8%
Draw / Stoke 12%	7.00 8%	6.00
Draw / Sunderland 15%	5.50	5.25 5%
Draw / Draw 17%	4.75	4.60 2%
Sunderland / Stoke 3%	34.00 17%	23.00
Sunderland / Sunderland 22%	3.75 6%	3.70 5%
Sunderland / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00 8%

Win / draw / win Championship table

Stoke have played 23 matches so far this season and are in 19th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 6 and won 3. Stoke have conceded 25 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Stoke have played 12 games at home, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Sunderland lay in 4th place on 44 points in the Championship league table having played 23 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 7 and losing 2 games. They have scored 33 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sunderland have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Sunderland have played 12 away games, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Stoke Sunderland
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	23	14	6	3	28	48	l 0-2A	Apr 21	d 2-2F	Feb 17
2	Sheff Utd	23	15	5	3	19	48	Apr 26	l 2-0A	Jan 1	l 1-0A
3	Burnley	23	13	8	2	21	47	l 0-2A	Jan 1	w 1-0F	Jan 17
4	Sunderland Away	23	12	8	3	16	44	Dec 29	l 2-1F	-	-
5	Blackburn	22	11	5	6	7	38	Mar 11	w 0-2F	Apr 21	d 2-2A
6	Watford	22	11	4	7	3	37	Mar 1	l 3-0A	Feb 8	l 2-1A
7	M'Boro	23	10	6	7	10	36	Feb 7	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	Feb 3
8	West Brom	23	8	11	4	9	35	l 1-2A	Jan 18	d 0-00-0	Apr 5
9	Sheff Wed	23	9	6	8	-2	33	Apr 18	l 2-0A	w 4-0F	Mar 1
10	Swansea	23	8	6	9	3	30	Feb 15	d 0-00-0	Apr 12	w 2-3A
11	Bristol C	23	7	9	7	-1	30	d 2-2F	Feb 12	d 1-1A	Apr 18
12	Norwich	23	7	8	8	4	29	d 1-1F	Feb 22	w 2-1A	Apr 8
13	Millwall	22	7	7	8	2	28	d 1-1A	Mar 15	Mar 29	d 1-1F
14	Derby	23	7	6	10	0	27	w 2-1F	May 3	w 2-0F	Jan 21
15	Coventry	23	7	6	10	-2	27	w 1-0F	Mar 8	d 2-2F	Mar 15
16	Preston	23	5	11	7	-6	26	d 0-00-0	Apr 5	Mar 11	d 0-00-0
17	QPR	23	5	10	8	-8	25	Mar 29	d 1-1F	May 3	d 0-00-0
18	Luton	23	7	4	12	-14	25	Apr 8	l 2-1F	Feb 12	w 1-2F
19	Stoke Home	23	5	7	11	-9	22	-	-	w 2-1A	Dec 29
20	Oxford Utd	22	5	6	11	-15	21	Jan 25	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	Apr 26
21	Portsmouth	21	4	8	9	-11	20	w 6-1F	Jan 22	Jan 5	w 1-3F
22	Hull	23	4	7	12	-11	19	l 1-3F	Feb 1	Feb 22	w 0-1F
23	Cardiff	22	4	6	12	-16	18	d 2-2F	Apr 12	Mar 8	w 0-2F
24	Plymouth	22	4	6	12	-27	18	Jan 4	w 0-1F	Jan 25	l 3-2F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Stoke have not won in 9 consecutive league games

Sunderland have not lost in 5 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	0 - 2	Leeds
Stoke	2 - 2	Cardiff
Stoke	0 - 2	Burnley
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Stoke	1 - 1	Millwall
Stoke	2 - 1	Derby
Stoke	2 - 2	Bristol C
Stoke	1 - 1	Norwich
Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
Stoke	1 - 3	Hull
Stoke	1 - 2	West Brom
Stoke	1 - 0	Coventry
Stoke	4 - 0	Bristol C
Stoke	3 - 0	Plymouth
Stoke	2 - 2	West Brom
Stoke	1 - 1	Huddersfield
Stoke	0 - 3	Norwich
Stoke	2 - 0	M'Boro
Stoke	0 - 1	Coventry
Stoke	1 - 0	QPR

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Stoke	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Stoke	2 - 2	Cardiff
A	Stoke	1 - 2	Luton
A	Stoke	1 - 2	Sunderland
H	Stoke	0 - 2	Burnley
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
A	Stoke	1 - 1	QPR
H	Stoke	1 - 1	Millwall
A	Stoke	2 - 0	Blackburn
H	Stoke	2 - 1	Derby
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Stoke	2 - 2	Bristol C
H	Stoke	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Stoke	0 - 0	Swansea
H	Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Stoke	0 - 2	M'Boro
H	Stoke	1 - 3	Hull
A	Stoke	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Stoke	1 - 0	Plymouth

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	2 - 2	Sunderland
Swansea	2 - 3	Sunderland
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Sunderland
Millwall	1 - 1	Sunderland
Preston	0 - 0	Sunderland
QPR	0 - 0	Sunderland
Luton	1 - 2	Sunderland
Hull	0 - 1	Sunderland
Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
Plymouth	3 - 2	Sunderland
Portsmouth	1 - 3	Sunderland
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Watford	1 - 0	Sunderland
West Brom	0 - 1	Sunderland
Leeds	0 - 0	Sunderland
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Southampton	4 - 2	Sunderland
Norwich	1 - 0	Sunderland
Birmingham	2 - 1	Sunderland
Huddersfield	1 - 0	Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sunderland	2 - 2	Blackburn
H	Sunderland	2 - 1	Norwich
A	Sunderland	3 - 2	Swansea
H	Sunderland	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Sunderland	2 - 1	Stoke
A	Sunderland	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Sunderland	0 - 0	West Brom
A	Sunderland	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Sunderland	2 - 2	Coventry
A	Sunderland	0 - 0	Preston
A	Sunderland	0 - 0	QPR
H	Sunderland	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Sunderland	2 - 1	Luton
A	Sunderland	1 - 0	Hull
H	Sunderland	2 - 2	Leeds
H	Sunderland	2 - 0	Derby
A	Sunderland	1 - 2	Watford
H	Sunderland	1 - 0	M'Boro
A	Sunderland	2 - 3	Plymouth
A	Sunderland	3 - 1	Portsmouth

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Stoke

Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 18

11 / 18

Clean sheets

7 / 18

5 / 18

STK

SUN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
Stoke	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Stoke	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Stoke	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Stoke	3 - 2
Stoke	1 - 0
Stoke	1 - 0
Stoke	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Stoke	3 - 1
	1 - 2	Sunderland
Stoke	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Sunderland
Stoke	1 - 0

Sunderland

Stoke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

16 / 19

9 / 19

Clean sheets

10 / 19

3 / 19

STK

SUN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
Sunderland	2 - 1
Sunderland	3 - 1
	1 - 5	Stoke
	1 - 3	Stoke
Sunderland	2 - 0
Sunderland	3 - 1
Sunderland	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sunderland	4 - 0
Sunderland	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Sunderland	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sunderland	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sunderland	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Sunderland	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Stoke

Goal Statistics

	Stoke 19th	Sunderland 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Stoke will score no more than 1 goal	0 26% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Sunderland will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+6 Stoke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-7 Sunderland’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

STK

SUN

28%

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Games scored	14		19
Failed to score	9		4
Scored first	11		13
Goals scored	23		36
Avg. goals scored	1		1.6
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	8		6
Conversion rate for	13		17
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.4
KickOff rating		+28%

STK

SUN

26%

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Games conceded	18		13
Clean sheets	5		10
Conceded first	10		7
Goals conceded	32		20
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	12%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.1
KickOff rating		+26%

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Stoke Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	8	5	7
V Johansson	T Cannon	J. Bae	W Burger

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Johansson GLK	23			1 -
J. Bae MID	22		5	3 -
L. Koumas FWD	22	3	1	4 -
B Wilmot DEF	21	1		6 -
B Gibson DEF	21	3		5 -
E Bocat DEF	21		1	1 -
A Moran MID	20	3	1	5 -
M Manhoef FWD	20	3	3	1 -
J Tchamadeu DEF	19			5 -
W Burger MID	19			7 -
T Cannon FWD	19	8	1	2 -
M Rose DEF	13			1 -
T Seko MID	13			-
J Thompson MID	12			4 -
A Vidigal FWD	10			-
E Tezgel FWD	9			1 -
L Gooch FWD	9		1	-
E Stevens DEF	8		2	1 -
S. Sidibe MID	8		1	-
N Ennis FWD	7			-
S Gallagher FWD	6	1	1	1 -
R Mmaee FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	25	5	26
T Cannon	T Cannon	J. Bae	J. Bae

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Cannon FWD	8	25	1	8
L. Koumas FWD	3	9	1	7
B Gibson DEF	3	4
A Moran MID	3	6	1	14
M Manhoef FWD	3	16	3	22
B Wilmot DEF	1	3		6
S Gallagher FWD	1	1	1	2
E Tezgel FWD		3		2
N Ennis FWD		1
S. Sidibe MID			1	2
E Stevens DEF		1	2	6
L Gooch FWD		1	1	3
M Rose DEF				1
A Vidigal FWD		1
J Thompson MID				1
T Seko MID				3
J. Bae MID		7	5	26
W Burger MID		2		4
J Tchamadeu DEF				5
E Bocat DEF		3	1	10

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1338	37	100
B Gibson	B Wilmot	J. Bae

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Gibson DEF	1338	13	72
B Wilmot DEF	953	37	87
V Johansson GLK	750	1	19
E Bocat DEF	596	37	81
W Burger MID	592	31	63
J. Bae MID	579	32	100
A Moran MID	516	35	72
T Seko MID	512	24	46
J Tchamadeu DEF	476	15	41
M Rose DEF	413	8	29
M Manhoef FWD	381	17	70
J Thompson MID	336	8	24
E Stevens DEF	239	10	23
T Cannon FWD	233	13	84
L. Koumas FWD	171	36	65
S. Sidibe MID	133	4	12
L Gooch FWD	99	10	16
E Tezgel FWD	55	2	8
S Gallagher FWD	39	3	18
A Vidigal FWD	29	4	10
R Mmaee FWD	19		6
N Ennis FWD	16		3

Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	6	5	7
D Neil	W Isidor	P Roberts	P Roberts

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L O'Nien DEF	22	2	1	3 -
T Hume DEF	22		2	5 -
P Roberts MID	22	2	5	7 -
C Rigg MID	22	4	2	6 -
D Neil MID	22	1	3	2 1
D Cirkin DEF	20	2	2	3 -
J Bellingham MID	20	4	4	5 1
W Isidor FWD	20	6		4 -
A Patterson GLK	19			1 -
C Mepham DEF	17			5 1
R Mundle FWD	15	4	3	1 -
E Mayenda FWD	15	3	3	-
D Ballard DEF	12	2		2 -
A Browne MID	12	1		-
A Alese DEF	9			1 -
N Rusyn FWD	6			1 -
L Hjelde DEF	5			-
A Aouchiche MID	5		1	-
S Moore GLK	4			1 -
I Poveda FWD	2			-
M. Aleksić FWD	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	19	5	25
W Isidor	W Isidor	P Roberts	C Rigg

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Isidor FWD	6	19		9
R Mundle FWD	4	9	3	15
J Bellingham MID	4	8	4	23
C Rigg MID	4	10	2	25
E Mayenda FWD	3	12	3	8
D Ballard DEF	2	4		4
L O'Nien DEF	2	3	1	9
D Cirkin DEF	2	5	2	9
P Roberts MID	2	9	5	22
D Neil MID	1	2	3	12
A Browne MID	1	4		3
A Patterson GLK		1
C Mepham DEF				5
T Hume DEF			2	17
A Alese DEF		1		2
A Aouchiche MID		1	1	2
M. Aleksić FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1192	56	127
L O'Nien	D Cirkin	D Cirkin

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L O'Nien DEF	1192	26	78
T Hume DEF	1009	43	92
D Neil MID	994	38	88
C Mepham DEF	894	22	86
J Bellingham MID	761	51	125
P Roberts MID	657	36	93
D Cirkin DEF	643	56	127
C Rigg MID	591	26	89
A Patterson GLK	581		10
D Ballard DEF	538	8	62
R Mundle FWD	288	16	71
A Alese DEF	244	9	17
A Browne MID	209	11	36
W Isidor FWD	153	11	45
E Mayenda FWD	120	10	51
S Moore GLK	98		1
A Aouchiche MID	23		5
N Rusyn FWD	13	2	6
L Hjelde DEF	11
I Poveda FWD	10	3	3
M. Aleksić FWD	5

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Stoke City v Sunderland : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Stoke have played 23 matches so far this season and are in 19th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Sunderland lay in 4th place on 44 points in the Championship league table having played 23 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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