Premier League Gameweek 35 Sat, May 8 · 15:00 The American Express Community Stadium, Falmer, East Sussex
Brighton 3rd · 16 pts · 7 played
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Sunderland 20th · 4 pts · 7 played
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Away travel458 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Brighton—%
Draw—%
Sunderland—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Falmer, East Sussex)

Forecast from 23 Apr

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Brighton and Sunderland. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

BrightonSunderland
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
83 Current StrengthIn forecast 57
87 AttackIn forecast 62
85 DefenceIn forecast 59
94 Form indexContext 56
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Brighton

Attack—
Defense risk—

Sunderland

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

BrightonSunderland
3.29 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.86
0.71 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.00
2.09 xGVia Att/Def 1.51
1.45 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.04
+1.20 Goals minus xGContext -0.65
100% Scored inContext 57%
71% Clean sheetsContext 14%
17.86 ShotsContext 11.57
6.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.67
34% On target shareContext 35%
11.00 Shots in the boxContext 7.29
61% Box shareContext 62%
18% ConversionContext 7%
3.50 OffsidesContext 2.83
10.71 Shots allowedContext 14.57
3.83 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.33
3.67 BlocksContext 4.29
2.67 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.00
70% Save rateContext 46%
60% PossessionIn forecast 48%
509 PassesContext 400
434 Accurate passesContext 316
85% Pass accuracyContext 79%
7.25 Team ratingContext 6.62
12.86 FoulsContext 11.43
10.29 Fouls sufferedContext 14.14
2.14 Yellow cardsContext 1.86
0.14 Red cardsContext 0.14
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
2.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
0.90 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.60
2.01 xGVia Att/Def 1.66
1.27 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.67
+0.59 Goals minus xGContext -0.56
80% Scored inContext 70%
60% Clean sheetsContext 20%
17.10 ShotsContext 14.40
5.80 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.78
34% On target shareContext 30%
11.10 Shots in the boxContext 9.60
65% Box shareContext 65%
15% ConversionContext 8%
2.57 OffsidesContext 2.33
9.80 Shots allowedContext 12.40
3.56 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.56
3.25 BlocksContext 3.90
2.56 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.00
72% Save rateContext 52%
61% PossessionIn forecast 49%
518 PassesContext 395
442 Accurate passesContext 316
85% Pass accuracyContext 80%
7.14 Team ratingContext 6.71
11.70 FoulsContext 12.70
10.00 Fouls sufferedContext 13.60
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 2.40
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Brighton
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km691 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 94 · 13 pts vs 5.2 for an average club · +4.6 vs expected
  • W18 OctH · Crystal Palace5–02.2 xPts
  • W10 OctA · Sunderland2–01.6 xPts
  • W19 SepH · Arsenal3–01.0 xPts
  • W13 SepA · Coventry5–01.7 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Leeds1–11.9 xPts
Sunderland
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel458 km435 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
Form 56 · 6 pts vs 5.3 for an average club · -0.1 vs expected
  • L18 OctA · Bournemouth0–20.9 xPts
  • W15 OctA · Torreense2–11.8 xPts
  • L10 OctH · Brighton0–21.2 xPts
  • L20 SepA · Manchester City3–50.6 xPts
  • W16 SepH · AZ Alkmaar1–01.7 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Brighton Sunderland
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Premier League 2026-2027, 1 May7Premier League 2026-2027, 1 May
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km458 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways691 km435 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Brighton Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Crystal Palace (H) 5–0, 18 Oct
1B. Verbruggen(G)
21O. Boscagli 5L. Dunk 44L. Vušković 24F. Kadıoğlu
14Chema Andrés 13P. Groß
29M. De Cuyper 26Y. Ayari 25D. Gómez
19C. Kostoulas
Sunderland Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Bournemouth (A) 0–2, 18 Oct
22R. Roefs(G)
17Reinildo 15O. Alderete 4K. Danso 20N. Mukiele
27N. Sadiki 34G. Xhaka
28E. Le Fée 11C. Rigg 32T. Hume
57T. Tuterov

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Brighton Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Sunderland Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Brighton · Home 2.50points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
3-1-0
Scored
3.25
Conceded
0.25
Sunderland · Away 0.25points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
0-1-3
Scored
1.25
Conceded
2.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 1 this season

OpponentBrightonSunderland
Arsenal W 3–0 H L 0–2 H
Points3 of 3 · 3.00 per game0 of 3 · 0.00 per game

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 3 of 3 meetings

2 Brighton wins1 draws0 Sunderland wins
Goals per game1.00 – 0.00 Over 2.50% Both scored0% Clean sheets100% · 33%
  • 10 Oct 2026Sunderland0–2Brighton
  • 14 Mar 2026Sunderland0–1Brighton
  • 20 Dec 2025Brighton0–0Sunderland

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goals & match trends

BrightonSunderlandForecast
Scored per game 3.290.86
Conceded per game 0.712.00
Match goals 4.002.86
Over 1.5 100%86%
Over 2.5 71%29%
Over 3.5 57%14%
Both teams scored 29%43%
Clean sheets 71%14%
Failed to score 0%43%
Games77
BrightonSunderlandForecast
Scored per game 2.601.10
Conceded per game 0.901.60
Match goals 3.502.70
Over 1.5 90%80%
Over 2.5 70%40%
Over 3.5 40%10%
Both teams scored 20%50%
Clean sheets 60%20%
Failed to score 20%30%
Games1010

Actual results: Season is this league season, Last 10 is all competitions. The Forecast column is the LOAD90 model for this match, so you can compare what the teams have done with what the model expects.

Corners & cards

BrightonSunderlandLeague
Corners
Corners won5.714.29
Corners conceded5.004.14
Match total10.718.439.49
Over 8.571% 5/729% 2/7
Over 9.571% 5/729% 2/7
Over 10.571% 5/729% 2/7
Cards
Cards2.292.14
Opponent cards1.571.71
Match total3.863.854.17
Over 3.557% 4/743% 3/7
Over 4.543% 3/743% 3/7
BrightonSunderlandLeague
Corners
Corners won6.115.40
Corners conceded4.783.80
Match total10.899.209.49
Over 8.567% 6/940% 4/10
Over 9.567% 6/940% 4/10
Over 10.567% 6/940% 4/10
Cards
Cards1.702.60
Opponent cards1.502.00
Match total3.204.604.17
Over 3.540% 4/1060% 6/10
Over 4.530% 3/1050% 5/10

Actual per-match figures; Season is this league season, Last 10 is all competitions. LOAD90 does not forecast corners or cards. Corner and card markets on eScored.

Goal timing

Brighton7 games · scored 23 · conceded 5
4 3 0-15
2 16-30
5 1 31-45
4 46-60
3 1 61-75
5 76-90
Sunderland7 games · scored 6 · conceded 14
1 2 0-15
2 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 5 46-60
1 61-75
1 4 76-90
Brighton10 games · scored 26 · conceded 9
6 3 0-15
2 16-30
5 3 31-45
4 1 46-60
3 1 61-75
6 1 76-90
Sunderland10 games · scored 11 · conceded 16
1 2 0-15
1 2 16-30
2 2 31-45
2 6 46-60
3 61-75
2 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.

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