Premier League Gameweek 22 Sat, Jan 23 · 15:00 Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Sunderland 20th · 4 pts · 7 played
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Coventry 17th · 6 pts · 7 played
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Away travel278 kmRest days1.8 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 1
Real contextStrength only
Sunderland—%
Draw—%
Coventry—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Sunderland)

Forecast from 8 Jan

Referee—Not appointed yet

Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Sunderland and Coventry. 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

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Defence

Defence insights

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

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

SunderlandCoventry
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
57 Current StrengthIn forecast 51
62 AttackIn forecast 47
59 DefenceIn forecast 59
56 Form indexContext 64
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

Sunderland

Attack—
Defense risk—

Coventry

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

SunderlandCoventry
0.86 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.86
2.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.00
1.51 xGVia Att/Def 1.02
2.04 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.62
-0.65 Goals minus xGContext -0.16
57% Scored inContext 43%
14% Clean sheetsContext 14%
11.57 ShotsContext 10.29
4.67 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.29
35% On target shareContext 32%
7.29 Shots in the boxContext 7.14
62% Box shareContext 64%
7% ConversionContext 8%
2.83 OffsidesContext 2.00
14.57 Shots allowedContext 17.43
4.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.71
4.29 BlocksContext 6.83
2.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.14
46% Save rateContext 46%
48% PossessionIn forecast 38%
400 PassesContext 323
316 Accurate passesContext 247
79% Pass accuracyContext 77%
6.62 Team ratingContext 6.74
11.43 FoulsContext 11.00
14.14 Fouls sufferedContext 11.00
1.86 Yellow cardsContext 1.14
0.14 Red cardsContext 0.14
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.10 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.80
1.60 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.60
1.66 xGVia Att/Def 1.19
1.67 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.38
-0.56 Goals minus xGContext +0.61
70% Scored inContext 60%
20% Clean sheetsContext 20%
14.40 ShotsContext 11.70
4.78 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.80
30% On target shareContext 33%
9.60 Shots in the boxContext 7.60
65% Box shareContext 62%
8% ConversionContext 15%
2.33 OffsidesContext 2.33
12.40 Shots allowedContext 15.20
3.56 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.10
3.90 BlocksContext 5.78
2.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.00
52% Save rateContext 49%
49% PossessionIn forecast 45%
395 PassesContext 380
316 Accurate passesContext 304
80% Pass accuracyContext 80%
6.71 Team ratingContext 6.91
12.70 FoulsContext 9.70
13.60 Fouls sufferedContext 11.90
2.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.10
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

Sunderland
Rest1.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km1,958 km in 14d
Schedule load20%Moderate
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
Coventry
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel278 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 64 · 6 pts vs 4.3 for an average club · +1.7 vs expected
  • L19 OctA · Tottenham1–31.0 xPts
  • W12 OctH · Newcastle4–11.3 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Nottingham Forest1–00.7 xPts
  • L13 SepH · Brighton0–51.1 xPts
  • L5 SepA · Manchester City0–10.3 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
Sunderland Coventry
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextModerate · 20Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match1.8UEFA Europa League 2026-2027 - League phase, 21 Jan7Premier League 2026-2027, 16 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km278 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,958 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days2 / 2 / 61 / 1 / 5
Next matchdays after this one5.27

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

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
Coventry Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Tottenham (A) 1–3, 19 Oct
19C. Rushworth(G)
3J. Dasilva 2E. Pinnock 4B. Thomas 27M. van Ewijk
6M. Grimes 8C. Yirenkyi
23S. Thomas-Asante 5J. Rudoni 7T. Sakamoto
49S. Chérif

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
Sunderland Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Coventry Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Sunderland · Home 1.00points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
1-0-2
Scored
0.33
Conceded
1.33
Coventry · Away 0.75points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-0-3
Scored
0.50
Conceded
1.75

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 3 this season

OpponentSunderlandCoventry
Brighton L 0–2 H L 0–5 H
Manchester City L 3–5 A L 0–1 A
Arsenal L 0–2 H L 0–3 A
Points0 of 9 · 0.00 per game0 of 9 · 0.00 per game

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

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

0 Sunderland wins3 draws3 Coventry wins
Goals per game0.67 – 1.83 Over 2.567% Both scored50% Clean sheets17% · 50%
  • 15 Mar 2025Coventry3–0Sunderland
  • 9 Nov 2024Sunderland2–2Coventry
  • 23 Dec 2023Sunderland0–3Coventry
  • 26 Aug 2023Coventry0–0Sunderland
  • 25 Feb 2023Coventry2–1Sunderland
  • 31 Jul 2022Sunderland1–1Coventry

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

SunderlandCoventryForecast
Scored per game 0.860.86
Conceded per game 2.002.00
Match goals 2.862.86
Over 1.5 86%57%
Over 2.5 29%57%
Over 3.5 14%43%
Both teams scored 43%29%
Clean sheets 14%14%
Failed to score 43%57%
Games77
SunderlandCoventryForecast
Scored per game 1.100.86
Conceded per game 1.602.00
Match goals 2.702.86
Over 1.5 80%57%
Over 2.5 40%57%
Over 3.5 10%43%
Both teams scored 50%29%
Clean sheets 20%14%
Failed to score 30%57%
Games107

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

SunderlandCoventryLeague
Corners
Corners won4.293.71
Corners conceded4.144.71
Match total8.438.429.49
Over 8.529% 2/729% 2/7
Over 9.529% 2/714% 1/7
Over 10.529% 2/70% 0/7
Cards
Cards2.141.29
Opponent cards1.711.43
Match total3.852.724.17
Over 3.543% 3/729% 2/7
Over 4.543% 3/714% 1/7
SunderlandCoventryLeague
Corners
Corners won5.403.56
Corners conceded3.804.22
Match total9.207.789.49
Over 8.540% 4/1022% 2/9
Over 9.540% 4/1011% 1/9
Over 10.540% 4/100% 0/9
Cards
Cards2.601.20
Opponent cards2.001.50
Match total4.602.704.17
Over 3.560% 6/1030% 3/10
Over 4.550% 5/1010% 1/10

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

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
Coventry7 games · scored 6 · conceded 14
1 2 0-15
2 16-30
1 31-45
3 3 46-60
2 61-75
2 4 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
Coventry10 games · scored 18 · conceded 16
2 2 0-15
2 3 16-30
1 1 31-45
6 3 46-60
3 61-75
7 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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