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West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 5th Apr, 12:30 BST, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

The Hawthorns is the stage on Saturday lunch time, as Tony Mowbray's West Bromwich Albion host Régis Le Bris's Sunderland in the Championship. Statistics for our tip of under 3.5 goals are shown below, including head-to-head history. Flipping the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds from leading bookmakers, making it easier than ever to find the right bet for you.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 74% chance of West Brom and Sunderland no more than 3 goals combined during this Championship fixture according to our predictive algorithm and, in the absense of a strong favourite in the WDW market, we think that's a great tip here. Our calculations are made based on 20-game form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.25.

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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 West Brom are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

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Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
West Brom
49%
29/20
6%
-
Draw
26%
9/4
2%
-
Sunderland
26%
15/8
10%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
5/1
8%
-
West Brom 1-0
12%
13/2
6%
-
West Brom 2-1
9%
9/1-
West Brom 2-0
9%
10/1
8%
-
Sunderland 1-0
8%
7/1-
Draw 0-0
8%
15/2-
Sunderland 2-1
6%
10/1
10%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
West Brom 3-1
5%
20/1
9%
-
West Brom 3-0
5%
22/1
12%
-
Sunderland 2-0
4%
12/1
8%
-
West Brom 3-2
2%
33/1-
Sunderland 3-1
2%
22/1-
West Brom 4-1
2%
40/1
20%
-
West Brom 4-0
2%
50/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
6/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
4/6-
Home 1st Goal
52%
5/6
9%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
6/5
10%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
15/2-
BTTS - Yes
51%
5/6-
BTTS - No
49%
5/6-
BTTS - Home Win
21%
9/2-
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
12%
5/1
9%
-
Home/draw
74%
2/5
3%
-
Away/draw
51%
8/15
6%
-
Home/away
74%
1/3-
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
4/11-
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
11/5-
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
3/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
1/4-
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
7/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/12-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
16/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/40-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/14-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
8/1
6%
-
Home DNB
67%
8/11
5%
-
Away DNB
44%
1/1
9%
-
West Brom win to nil
28%
3/1
8%
-
Sunderland win to nil
14%
7/2
4%
-
West Brom / West Brom
21%
3/1
11%
-
West Brom / Sunderland
3%
28/1-
West Brom / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / West Brom
15%
9/2
8%
-
Draw / Sunderland
13%
11/2
8%
-
Draw / Draw
17%
15/4-
Sunderland / West Brom
3%
28/1-
Sunderland / Sunderland
17%
15/4
6%
-
Sunderland / Draw
6%
14/1-
Win / draw / win Championship table

West Brom have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league. West Brom are unbeaten in 8 games against teams above them in the league and kept 4 clean sheets out of 8 games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn 7 and won 1. West Brom have conceded 5 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

West Brom have played 19 games at home, winning 9, drawing 8 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 25 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 10 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Sunderland lay in 4th place on 72 points in the Championship league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 33 games against teams below them in the table, winning 18, drawing 10 and losing 5 games. They have scored 50 goals and kept 13 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sunderland have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Sunderland have played 19 away games, winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
West Brom
Sunderland
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd3926762783 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
2
Leeds39231245181 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1F
3
Burnley39221524281 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
4
Sunderland Away39201271972 
Apr 5
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
5
Coventry3917814559 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
6
West Brom Home39131881357 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
7
M'Boro39169141057 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3A
8
Bristol C39141510757 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 8
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
9
Watford3915816-453 
Apr 12
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
10
Norwich39131313752 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 8
11
Blackburn3915717152 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 21
d
 
2-2A
12
Sheff Wed39141015-652 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
13
Millwall39131214-351 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
14
Preston39101712-747 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
15
QPR39111216-845 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3A
May 3
d
 
0-00-0
16
Swansea3912918-1145 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 12
w
 
2-3A
17
Portsmouth3912918-1445 
w
 
5-1F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
18
Stoke39101217-1242 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
19
Oxford Utd39101217-1742 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
Apr 26
20
Derby3911820-941 
Apr 21
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
21
Hull39101118-941 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
22
Cardiff3991317-2040 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
23
Luton3910821-2538 
May 3
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
24
Plymouth3971319-3734 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
West Brom 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
Draw
9
L
2
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
Sunderland 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at West Brom since 1994
West Brom
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
30
22
Games: Scored
15 / 19
12 / 19
Clean sheets
7 / 19
4 / 19
WBA
8
D
4
SUN
7
League games at Sunderland since 1993
Sunderland
West Brom
Goals: Scored
28
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
5 / 20
WBA
5
D
8
SUN
7
Goal Statistics

West Bromwich Albion's defensive record is very strong, Tony Mowbray's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Championship games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.0 for Sunderland makes sense in this context.

West Brom 6th Sunderland 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that West Brom will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Sunderland will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-12
West Brom have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted
-5
Sunderland’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.6
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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West Brom
PG (predicted goals)
Sunderland
1.5
1
Attack rating
WBA
SUN
7%
better
view stats
Games scored29
31
Failed to score10
8
Scored first21
22
Goals scored48
56
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
15
Avg. XG for1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
1%
better
WBA
SUN
view stats
Games conceded26
24
Clean sheets13
15
Conceded first12
13
Goals conceded35
37
Avg. goals conceded0.9
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against12%
13%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.2
KickOff rating
+1%

West Brom v Sunderland Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

West Brom Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
39121211
T HeggemJ MajaT FellowsJ Molumby
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Heggem DEF3912
3
-
T Fellows MID38212
4
-
A Mowatt MID3662
5
-
K Grant FWD3662
2
-
D Furlong DEF3512
6
1
J Molumby MID3441
11
-
J Swift MID3431
3
-
M Johnston FWD3425
3
-
C Styles MID281
8
-
G Diangana MID2842
1
-
J Wallace FWD2611
2
-
J Maja FWD26122
2
-
M Holgate DEF2411
2
-
K Bartley DEF24
6
1
O Diakité MID15
1
-
S Ajayi DEF14
3
-
D Cole FWD14
-
J Wildsmith GLK9
1
-
I Price MID911
1
-
A Armstrong FWD92
-
W. Lankshear FWD7
1
-
G Frabotta DEF6
-
D Dike FWD4
1
-
T. Bany FWD21
-
Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3812711
D NeilW IsidorP RobertsJ Bellingham
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L O'Nien DEF3831
8
-
T Hume DEF3826
10
-
P Roberts MID3827
8
-
D Neil MID3823
2
1
W Isidor FWD36122
10
-
A Patterson GLK35
2
-
C Rigg MID3542
7
-
J Bellingham MID3544
10
1
D Cirkin DEF3432
8
-
C Mepham DEF311
8
1
E Mayenda FWD3185
1
-
R Mundle FWD2153
1
-
D Ballard DEF1921
4
-
A Browne MID161
-
T Watson FWD142
1
-
A Alese  DEF12
2
-
L Hjelde DEF101
1
-
E Fée MID811
2
-
S Samed MID6
-
I Poveda FWD6
2
-
S Moore GLK4
1
-
M. Aleksić FWD4
1
-
J Seelt DEF1
-