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Sunderland v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 8th Feb, 12:30 BST, Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Sunderland and Watford take on one another at the Stadium of Light on Saturday lunch time, with both Régis Le Bris and Tom Cleverley seeking a win in the Championship. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with extra weighting given to top teams. All the stats and graphics are designed specifically for the selected market. Head-to-head statistics between the team are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our top tip on this fixture, meaning that the sides will score at least two goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Sunderland and Watford's current form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.36.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sunderland are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.57.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sunderland
50%
8/15
8%
4/7
8%
Draw
24%
16/5
5%
16/5
12%
Watford
26%
9/2
22%
19/4
15%
Draw 1-1
11%
7/1
7%
13/2
15%
Sunderland 1-0
10%
11/2
8%
9/2
4%
Sunderland 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Sunderland 2-0
8%
6/15/1
14%
Watford 1-0
7%
12/1
18%
10/1
10%
Watford 2-1
7%
16/1
13%
14/1
15%
Draw 0-0
6%
10/1
16%
15/2
6%
Draw 2-2
6%
18/1
10%
16/1
13%
Sunderland 3-1
5%
12/1
13%
11/1
Sunderland 3-0
5%
10/1
8%
17/2
14%
Watford 2-0
4%
28/1
26%
20/1
11%
Sunderland 3-2
3%
28/122/1
Watford 3-1
3%
40/133/1
17%
Sunderland 4-1
2%
22/1
21%
20/1
9%
Watford 3-2
2%
40/140/1
21%
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
10/11
9%
1/1
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
10/11
10%
8/11
2%
Home 1st Goal
53%
4/11
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
44%
12/5
10%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
10/1
16%
-
BTTS - Yes
56%
10/11
9%
23/20
5%
BTTS - No
44%
4/5
8%
13/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
24%
13/5
10%
14/5
3%
BTTS - Draw
18%
9/2
8%
19/4
15%
BTTS - Away Win
13%
10/1
16%
9/1
11%
Home/draw
74%
1/7
3%
2/15
3%
Away/draw
50%
11/8
11%
11/8
11%
Home/away
76%
2/92/9
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
2/7
5%
1/3
1%
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
11/4
17%
2/1
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
11/5
20%
13/5
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
4/11
9%
1/4
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
5/1
25%
6/1
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/8
4%
1/12
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/1
24%
12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/25
2%
1/66
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/20
1%
1/16
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/1
16%
8/1
13%
Home DNB
67%
1/5
7%
1/5
4%
Away DNB
43%
10/3
24%
16/5
17%
Sunderland win to nil
26%
6/4
5%
-
Watford win to nil
12%
9/1
43%
-
Sunderland / Sunderland
34%
7/5
8%
11/8
8%
Sunderland / Watford
2%
40/133/1
Sunderland / Draw
5%
14/114/1
15%
Draw / Sunderland
19%
10/33/1
5%
Draw / Watford
7%
11/1
20%
9/1
5%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1
20%
9/2
10%
Watford / Sunderland
4%
20/1
9%
18/1
Watford / Watford
9%
9/1
18%
15/2
13%
Watford / Draw
5%
16/114/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sunderland have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table. Sunderland are unbeaten at home after 14 games and have kept 7 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below in the table, having won 14, drawn 8 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 11 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Sunderland have outscored their opponents by 45 goals to 40 goals.

Home League Performance

Sunderland have played 14 games at home winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 0 games. They have scored 24 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Watford are in 12th position in the Championship on 41 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 20 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 1 and won 6. Watford have conceded 20 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sunderland
Watford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds3018934163 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 17
Feb 11
l
 
2-1A
2
Sheff Utd3019652061 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
3
Burnley30151322758 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
4
Sunderland Home30161041958 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
Feb 8
5
Blackburn3013611545 
Apr 21
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
6
West Brom30101461244 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
7
M'Boro30128101044 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3A
w
 
2-1A
Feb 15
8
Norwich3011910742 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 8
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
9
Bristol C3010128342 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
10
Sheff Wed3011910-342 
w
 
4-0F
Feb 28
May 3
w
 
2-6F
11
Coventry3011811341 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
12
Watford Away3012513-241 
Feb 8
l
 
2-1A
-
-
13
Millwall30101010340 
Mar 29
d
 
1-1F
Mar 8
w
 
2-3F
14
QPR3091110-638 
May 3
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
15
Preston308139-537 
Mar 11
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-0A
16
Oxford Utd3091011-1037 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 26
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
17
Swansea309714-1034 
Apr 12
w
 
2-3A
Mar 12
l
 
1-0A
18
Stoke3071112-932 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-0F
Mar 1
19
Cardiff3071013-1831 
Mar 8
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
20
Portsmouth307914-1630 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
21
Hull307815-929 
Feb 22
w
 
0-1F
Apr 8
d
 
1-1A
22
Derby307617-927 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
23
Luton307617-1927 
Feb 12
w
 
1-2F
Feb 23
l
 
3-0A
24
Plymouth3051015-3425 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2F
Mar 29
d
 
2-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Watford have lost 3 consecutive league games
14
Sunderland have not lost in 14 consecutive home league games
Sunderland 4TH
20 league games
Home
14
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland2 - 2Plymouth
Sunderland1 - 0Portsmouth
Sunderland2 - 1Sheff Utd
Sunderland2 - 1Norwich
Sunderland1 - 1Bristol C
Sunderland2 - 1Stoke
Sunderland0 - 0West Brom
Sunderland2 - 2Coventry
Sunderland2 - 0Oxford Utd
Sunderland2 - 2Leeds
Sunderland2 - 0Derby
Sunderland1 - 0M'Boro
Sunderland1 - 0Burnley
Sunderland4 - 0Sheff Wed
Sunderland0 - 2Sheff Wed
Sunderland0 - 1Millwall
Sunderland0 - 0Bristol C
Sunderland1 - 5Blackburn
Sunderland0 - 0QPR
Sunderland0 - 1Leicester
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
9
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASunderland3 - 2M'Boro
HSunderland2 - 2Plymouth
ASunderland1 - 0Derby
ASunderland0 - 0Burnley
HSunderland1 - 0Portsmouth
HSunderland2 - 1Sheff Utd
ASunderland0 - 1Stoke
ASunderland2 - 2Blackburn
HSunderland2 - 1Norwich
ASunderland3 - 2Swansea
HSunderland1 - 1Bristol C
HSunderland2 - 1Stoke
ASunderland0 - 1Sheff Utd
HSunderland0 - 0West Brom
ASunderland1 - 1Millwall
HSunderland2 - 2Coventry
ASunderland0 - 0Preston
ASunderland0 - 0QPR
HSunderland2 - 0Oxford Utd
ASunderland2 - 1Luton
Watford 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry2 - 1Watford
Derby0 - 2Watford
Cardiff1 - 1Watford
QPR3 - 1Watford
Burnley2 - 1Watford
Hull1 - 1Watford
Plymouth2 - 2Watford
Swansea1 - 0Watford
Sheff Wed2 - 6Watford
Leeds2 - 1Watford
Luton3 - 0Watford
Preston3 - 0Watford
Norwich4 - 1Watford
Sheff Utd1 - 0Watford
Millwall2 - 3Watford
M'Boro3 - 1Watford
Southampton3 - 2Watford
Ipswich0 - 0Watford
West Brom2 - 2Watford
Birmingham0 - 1Watford
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford0 - 1Norwich
AWatford1 - 2Coventry
HWatford1 - 2Preston
AWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford1 - 1Cardiff
HWatford1 - 2Sheff Utd
AWatford1 - 3QPR
HWatford1 - 2Cardiff
HWatford2 - 1Portsmouth
AWatford1 - 2Burnley
HWatford2 - 1West Brom
AWatford1 - 1Hull
HWatford0 - 0QPR
HWatford1 - 0Bristol C
AWatford2 - 2Plymouth
HWatford1 - 0Oxford Utd
AWatford0 - 1Swansea
AWatford6 - 2Sheff Wed
HWatford1 - 0Blackburn
AWatford1 - 2Leeds
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sunderland since 1993
Sunderland
Watford
Goals: Scored
22
12
Games: Scored
11 / 12
7 / 12
Clean sheets
5 / 12
1 / 12
SUN
7
D
2
WAT
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
Sunderland2 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Sunderland1 - 0
0 - 1Watford
Sunderland4 - 2
Sunderland2 - 0
Sunderland2 - 0
Sunderland4 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Watford
Sunderland2 - 0
1 - 2Watford
League games at Watford since 1992
Watford
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
21
18
Games: Scored
12 / 13
11 / 13
Clean sheets
2 / 13
1 / 13
SUN
2
D
6
WAT
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford2 - 1
Watford1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Watford1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 3Sunderland
Watford2 - 1
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 1Sunderland
Draw1 - 1Draw
Watford2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Sunderland 4th Watford 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 82% probability that Sunderland will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-18
Sunderland have scored 18% fewer goals at home than predicted
+8
Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/280459/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Sunderland
PG (predicted goals)
Watford
1.7
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
SUN
WAT
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
SUN
WAT
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291059
D NeilW IsidorP RobertsJ Bellingham
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L O'Nien DEF2921
7
-
T Hume DEF2913
7
-
P Roberts MID2925
8
-
D Neil MID2923
2
1
J Bellingham MID2744
8
1
W Isidor FWD2710
7
-
A Patterson GLK26
1
-
D Cirkin DEF2622
6
-
C Rigg MID2642
6
-
C Mepham DEF24
7
1
E Mayenda FWD2255
-
D Ballard DEF152
4
-
R Mundle FWD1543
1
-
A Alese  DEF12
2
-
A Browne MID121
-
T Watson FWD102
-
L Hjelde DEF8
-
S Moore GLK4
1
-
E Fée MID41
1
-
I Poveda FWD4
1
-
S Samed MID3
-
M. Aleksić FWD3
1
-
Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
301058
M PollockV BayoG ChakvetadzeK Baah
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Pollock DEF304
5
-
G Chakvetadze MID2925
5
-
E Kayembe MID297
5
-
V Bayo FWD2910
4
1
Y Larouci DEF282
1
-
M Sissoko MID2711
5
-
R Andrews DEF2432
3
-
K Baah FWD2443
6
2
F Carvallo DEF23
8
-
D Bachmann GLK22
1
-
T Ince FWD191
-
R Vata FWD1833
-
I Louza  MID171
6
-
J Morris DEF14
2
-
J Ngakia DEF131
5
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID132
-
J Bond GLK9
-
A Ogbonna DEF6
-
M. Doumbia FWD6
-
J Abankwah DEF4
1
-
P Dwomoh MID4
-
K Keben DEF1
-