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Sunderland v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Paul Heckingbottom guides his Preston North End side to the Stadium of Light in the Championship on Tuesday evening, with Régis Le Bris's Sunderland their rivals. We provide predictions based on extensive statistical analysis of both teams, across 17 of the biggest betting markets. The data and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head-to-head stats are included for all.

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Sunderland's next match is v Coventry at 15:00 on Saturday 15th March
Preston North End's next match is v Portsmouth at 15:00 on Saturday 15th March

The last English Championship meeting between Sunderland and Preston was on Tuesday 11th March 2025

English Championship

March 11th 2025

Sunderland 1	1 Preston

R. Mundle 86'	65' E. Riis Jakobsen

	SUN PNE
Shots On	2 2
Shots Off	9 8
Corners	7 2
Possession	53% 47%
Fouls	10 11
Yellow/red cards	1/0 3/0

Sunderland	Preston

A. Patterson D. Cirkin T. Hume C. Mepham L. O'Nien P. Roberts J. Bellingham D. Neil E. Mayenda Dossou (C. Rigg 59') T. Watson (R. Mundle 59') W. Isidor	F. Woodman (L. Lindsay 83') J. Meghoma R. Porteous (M. Frøkjær-Jensen 82') K. Kessler L. Gibson A. Hughes (P. Bauer 85') B. Potts R. Ledson (W. Keane 64') S. Greenwood (B. Whiteman 75') S. Þórðarson E. Riis Jakobsen

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't think there's a clear favourite to claim victory here, but does appear clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have no more than 3 goals. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Sunderland and Preston have delivered a host of under 3.5 goal games of late, and key performance stats point towards more of the same. We feel confident predicting under 3.5 goals on Tuesday evening, and the bookies have it priced at 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sunderland are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.62.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sunderland 50%	4/7 6%	3/5 1%
Draw 26%	29/10 4%	29/10 3%
Preston 24%	9/2 10%	19/4 5%
Sunderland 1-0 13%	5/1	9/2
Draw 1-1 12%	13/2 7%	6/1
Sunderland 2-0 10%	11/2 7%	11/2
Sunderland 2-1 9%	15/2	13/2 6%
Draw 0-0 9%	8/1	7/1
Preston 1-0 8%	11/1 9%	10/1
Preston 2-1 6%	18/1 12%	14/1
Sunderland 3-0 5%	10/1 8%	9/1
Sunderland 3-1 5%	14/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 4%	20/1 11%	16/1
Preston 2-0 4%	28/1 26%	20/1
Sunderland 3-2 2%	33/1	22/1
Sunderland 4-0 2%	22/1 12%	16/1 11%
Preston 3-1 2%	50/1 24%	33/1
Sunderland 4-1 2%	28/1	20/1
Over 2.5 Goals 44%	11/10	21/20
Under 2.5 Goals 56%	8/11	7/10
Home 1st Goal 53%	2/5 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	5/2 9%	-
No 1st Goal 5%	8/1	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	11/10	11/10
BTTS - No 53%	4/6	4/6
BTTS - Home Win 20%	3/1	14/5 3%
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 10%	11/1 9%	10/1 10%
Home/draw 76%	1/7 3%	2/15 1%
Away/draw 50%	13/10 7%	13/10 2%
Home/away 74%	1/4	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 70%	4/11	7/20
Under 1.5 Goals 30%	11/5	2/1
Over 3.5 Goals 23%	11/4	13/5
Under 3.5 Goals 77%	2/7	1/4
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	6/1	6/1
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1/10	1/12
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	16/1	12/1 13%
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/40	1/66
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/16 1%	1/16
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	9/1 11%	7/1
Home DNB 68%	2/9 2%	1/5
Away DNB 42%	3/1 7%	16/5 5%
Sunderland win to nil 30%	11/8 9%	-
Preston win to nil 14%	8/1 13%	-
Sunderland / Sunderland 32%	6/4 5%	7/5 2%
Sunderland / Preston 2%	40/1	33/1
Sunderland / Draw 5%	14/1	14/1
Draw / Sunderland 19%	3/1 8%	3/1 5%
Draw / Preston 8%	10/1 10%	9/1
Draw / Draw 16%	9/2 10%	4/1
Preston / Sunderland 4%	22/1	18/1
Preston / Preston 9%	9/1 11%	15/2
Preston / Draw 5%	16/1	14/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Sunderland have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below in the table, having won 17, drawn 9 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Sunderland have outscored their opponents by 54 goals to 36 goals.

Home League Performance

Sunderland have played 18 games at home winning 11, drawing 6 and losing 1 game. They have scored 30 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Preston are in 16th position in the Championship on 43 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 11 and won 6. Preston have conceded 31 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 8 clean sheets.

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	Sunderland Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	37	24	7	6	24	77	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
2	Leeds	36	22	10	4	49	76	d 2-2F	l 2-1F	d 1-1F	Apr 12
3	Burnley	37	20	15	2	39	75	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0
4	Sunderland Home	37	19	12	6	21	69	-	-	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F
5	West Brom	37	13	17	7	14	56	d 0-00-0	Apr 5	d 1-1A	l 3-1A
6	Coventry	37	16	8	13	4	56	d 2-2F	Mar 15	w 1-0F	l 2-1A
7	Bristol C	37	13	15	9	7	54	d 1-1A	Apr 18	l 1-3A	May 3
8	M'Boro	37	15	8	14	9	53	w 1-0F	w 2-3A	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
9	Blackburn	36	15	7	14	4	52	Apr 21	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A
10	Sheff Wed	37	14	9	14	-5	51	w 4-0F	w 1-2F	w 3-1F	d 1-1F
11	Norwich	37	12	13	12	7	49	w 2-1A	Apr 8	d 2-2F	w 0-1F
12	Watford	36	14	7	15	-4	49	d 2-2F	l 2-1A	w 3-0F	w 1-2F
13	Millwall	36	12	12	12	-1	48	Mar 29	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 3-1A
14	QPR	37	11	11	15	-6	44	May 3	d 0-00-0	Apr 18	l 2-1F
15	Preston Away	37	9	17	11	-6	44	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	-	-
16	Swansea	36	12	8	16	-8	44	Apr 12	w 2-3A	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A
17	Portsmouth	36	11	9	16	-13	42	w 1-0F	w 1-3F	Mar 15	l 3-1A
18	Oxford Utd	36	9	12	15	-16	39	w 2-0F	Apr 26	d 1-1A	l 3-1F
19	Hull	36	9	10	17	-9	37	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 21
20	Stoke	36	8	12	16	-14	36	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	Apr 5	d 0-00-0
21	Cardiff	37	8	12	17	-21	36	w 2-1F	w 0-2F	Apr 8	w 0-2F
22	Derby	37	9	8	20	-12	35	w 2-0F	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	Apr 2
23	Luton	37	9	7	21	-26	34	w 2-0F	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0
24	Plymouth	36	6	12	18	-37	30	d 2-2A	l 3-2F	Apr 26	d 3-3F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland	2 - 1	Cardiff
Sunderland	0 - 1	Hull
Sunderland	2 - 0	Luton
Sunderland	2 - 2	Watford
Sunderland	2 - 2	Plymouth
Sunderland	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Sunderland	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
Sunderland	2 - 1	Norwich
Sunderland	1 - 1	Bristol C
Sunderland	2 - 1	Stoke
Sunderland	0 - 0	West Brom
Sunderland	2 - 2	Coventry
Sunderland	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
Sunderland	2 - 2	Leeds
Sunderland	2 - 0	Derby
Sunderland	1 - 0	M'Boro
Sunderland	1 - 0	Burnley
Sunderland	4 - 0	Sheff Wed
Sunderland	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
Sunderland	0 - 1	Millwall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Sunderland	2 - 1	Cardiff
A	Sunderland	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Sunderland	0 - 1	Hull
A	Sunderland	1 - 2	Leeds
H	Sunderland	2 - 0	Luton
H	Sunderland	2 - 2	Watford
A	Sunderland	3 - 2	M'Boro
H	Sunderland	2 - 2	Plymouth
A	Sunderland	1 - 0	Derby
A	Sunderland	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Sunderland	1 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Sunderland	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Sunderland	0 - 1	Stoke
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Preston
Coventry	2 - 1	Preston
Norwich	0 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
Watford	1 - 2	Preston
Luton	0 - 0	Preston
West Brom	3 - 1	Preston
QPR	2 - 1	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Preston
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Preston
Plymouth	3 - 3	Preston
Burnley	0 - 0	Preston
Millwall	3 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	1 - 1	Preston
Oxford Utd	3 - 1	Preston
Swansea	3 - 0	Preston
West Brom	3 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 0	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Preston	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
A	Preston	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
A	Preston	1 - 0	Norwich
A	Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
H	Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Preston	2 - 1	Watford
A	Preston	0 - 0	Luton
H	Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Preston	1 - 3	West Brom
H	Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Preston	1 - 0	Hull
A	Preston	1 - 2	QPR
H	Preston	1 - 1	Leeds
A	Preston	2 - 0	Cardiff
A	Preston	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Preston	1 - 1	West Brom
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sunderland

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 6

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

3 / 6

SUN

PNE

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

Preston

Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 7

6 / 7

Clean sheets

1 / 7

3 / 7

SUN

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Preston	2 - 1
	0 - 3	Sunderland
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Preston	4 - 1
Preston	3 - 2
	0 - 2	Sunderland

Goal Statistics

A truly awful PG of just 0.9 should cause concerns for Preston North End fans, as should a 7 Championship games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

	Sunderland 4th	Preston 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Sunderland will score 1 or more goals	0 39% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 76% probability of Preston scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-8 Sunderland’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-17 Preston have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

22%

better

SUN

PNE

view stats

Games scored	29		26
Failed to score	7		10
Scored first	21		16
Goals scored	54		36
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		13
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.2
KickOff rating		+22%

12%

better

SUN

PNE

view stats

Games conceded	22		23
Clean sheets	14		13
Conceded first	11		13
Goals conceded	33		42
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+12%

Sunderland v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	12	6	10
D Neil	W Isidor	T Hume	J Bellingham

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Patterson GLK	33			2 -
T Hume DEF	36	1	6	9 -
C Mepham DEF	29	1		7 1
L O'Nien DEF	36	3	1	8 -
D Cirkin DEF	33	3	2	8 -
P Roberts MID	36	2	6	8 -
D Neil MID	36	2	3	2 1
J Bellingham MID	33	4	4	9 1
T Watson FWD	12	2		-
W Isidor FWD	34	12	2	9 -
E Mayenda FWD	29	8	5	1 -
Subs
S Moore GLK	4			1 -
J Seelt DEF				-
L Hjelde DEF	10		1	1 -
J Anderson DEF				-
A Browne MID	14	1		-
C Rigg MID	33	4	2	6 -
H. Jones MID	1			-
R Mundle FWD	19	5	3	1 -
M. Aleksić FWD	4			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	34	6	34
W Isidor	W Isidor	T Hume	P Roberts

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Isidor FWD	12	34	2	15
E Mayenda FWD	8	23	5	15
J Bellingham MID	4	9	4	31
L O'Nien DEF	3	4	1	10
D Cirkin DEF	3	7	2	11
P Roberts MID	2	16	6	34
D Neil MID	2	4	3	23
T Watson FWD	2	4		4
T Hume DEF	1	6	6	30
C Mepham DEF	1	5		8
A Patterson GLK		1
Subs
R Mundle FWD	5	12	3	15
C Rigg MID	4	13	2	27
A Browne MID	1	4		3
L Hjelde DEF			1	1
M. Aleksić FWD		3		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2154	89	202
L O'Nien	T Hume	T Hume

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L O'Nien DEF	2154	44	137
T Hume DEF	1655	89	202
D Neil MID	1634	68	173
C Mepham DEF	1534	34	136
J Bellingham MID	1305	64	200
D Cirkin DEF	1035	79	186
P Roberts MID	1011	55	149
A Patterson GLK	994	1	14
W Isidor FWD	272	12	78
E Mayenda FWD	195	13	86
T Watson FWD	131	12	37
Subs
C Rigg MID	776	36	128
R Mundle FWD	365	19	89
A Browne MID	243	11	43
S Moore GLK	98		1
L Hjelde DEF	91	6	16
M. Aleksić FWD	44	5	7
H. Jones MID	2

Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	10	4	11
F Woodman	E Riis	M Frökjaer-Jensen	L Lindsay

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Woodman GLK	36			6 1
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	35		3	5 -
R Porteous DEF	7			2 -
L Gibson DEF	11			2 -
J. Meghoma DEF	8		1	1 -
A Hughes DEF	33		1	7 -
B Potts MID	29	4	2	4 -
R Ledson MID	21	1	1	5 -
S Thórdarson MID	30	1	2	4 -
E Riis FWD	36	10	2	2 -
S Greenwood FWD	33	5	2	7 1
Subs
D Cornell GLK	2			-
L Lindsay DEF	26		1	8 3
P Bauer DEF	1			-
B Whiteman MID	26		1	11 -
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	31	2	4	5 -
R Brady MID	20		1	3 -
T. Carroll MID				-
W Keane FWD	21	3		-
C Evans FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	28	4	22
E Riis	E Riis	M Frökjaer-Jensen	S Greenwood

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Riis FWD	10	28	2	13
S Greenwood FWD	5	26	2	22
B Potts MID	4	10	2	14
R Ledson MID	1	2	1	4
S Thórdarson MID	1	4	2	11
K Kesler-Hayden DEF		8	3	14
L Gibson DEF		2		1
J. Meghoma DEF		1	1	1
A Hughes DEF		2	1	10
Subs
W Keane FWD	3	4		2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	3	4	21
L Lindsay DEF		1	1	3
B Whiteman MID		4	1	13
R Brady MID		2	1	10
C Evans FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1513	57	191
A Hughes	A Hughes	A Hughes

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hughes DEF	1513	57	191
F Woodman GLK	1226	1	18
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	1053	46	188
B Potts MID	798	57	158
S Thórdarson MID	707	25	80
S Greenwood FWD	578	40	111
L Gibson DEF	481	21	64
E Riis FWD	357	19	91
R Ledson MID	323	30	66
R Porteous DEF	244	11	31
J. Meghoma DEF	148	15	19
Subs
L Lindsay DEF	1032	27	144
B Whiteman MID	929	43	68
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	738	37	74
R Brady MID	405	25	64
W Keane FWD	210	5	24
D Cornell GLK	23
C Evans FWD	8	1	4
P Bauer DEF	1	1	1

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Sunderland v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sunderland have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Preston are in 16th position in the Championship on 43 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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