Sunderland vs Watford – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

Football English League Championship Sunderland - Watford
Result
2:2
08/02/2025 at 07:30 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))
  • ENGLAND: Championship - Round 31
  • Referee: Jones R. (Eng)
  • Where to Watch on TV:
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Match Stats

Expected Goals (xG)
2.081.53
Ball Possession
49%51%
Goal Attempts
1411
Shots on Goal
75
Shots off Goal
43
Blocked Shots
33
Big Chances
42
Corner Kicks
73
Shots inside the Box
115
Shots outside the Box
36
Hit the Woodwork
00
Headed Goals
10
Goalkeeper Saves
35
Free Kicks
2012
Offsides
20
Fouls
1220
Yellow Cards
51
Throw-ins
2112
Touches in the Opposition Box
2611
Passes
81% (336/413)82% (353/432)
Passes in the final third
65% (80/123)67% (69/103)
Crosses
21% (5/24)10% (1/10)
Tackles
48% (10/21)80% (12/15)
Clearances Total
1636
Interceptions
710

Key Moments

Here there are
  • 1st Half (1 - 1)
  • 16', 1 - 0, O'Nien L. , Hume T. (A),
  • 31', Doumbia M. 🟨,
  • 32', Cirkin D. 🟨,
  • 35', Isidor W. 🟨,
  • 43', 1 - 1, Dele-Bashiru T. (Pen),
  • 2nd Half (1 - 1)
  • 46', 1 - 2, Louza I. , Kayembe E. (A),
  • 59', Abdul Samed S. , Aleksic M. ,
  • 59', Roberts P. , Poveda I. ,
  • 61', Larouci Y. , Ngakia J. ,
  • 64', Le Fee E. 🟨,
  • 72', Rigg C. , Mayenda E. ,
  • 80', Mepham C. 🟨,
  • 81', Doumbia M. , Ince T. ,
  • 84', Mepham C. , Ballard D. ,
  • 85', Sissoko M. , Sierralta F. ,
  • 89', 2 - 2, Cirkin D. , Isidor W. (A),
  • 90+6', Poveda I. 🟨,

Chances of winning


Sunderland
65.4%
Draw
20.7%
Watford
13.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)
56% 24.5% 19.5%

Our Initial ML Estimation

57.8% 23.7% 18.9%


Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

  • Sunderland has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+9.4%)
  • Note: This is a significant improvement in prediction, suggesting increased confidence in Sunderland's performance.
  • Watford has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-5.6%)
  • Note: This is a significant drop in prediction, and Watford might be facing challenges that affect their performance.
  • ML Model estimates a lower probability for Sunderland than the current prediction. (-7.6%)
  • Note: The ML model's lower estimate suggests that there may be underlying issues with Sunderland that the model has picked up on.
  • ML Model estimates a higher probability for Watford than the current prediction. (+5%)
  • Sunderland - Watford Odds

    1 X 2 Marga
    Avarage Now
    (Initially)
    1.45
    (1.69)
    4.59
    (3.86)
    6.9
    (4.84)
    5.2%
    (5.9%)

  • The most likely Over/Under: 2.75

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  • What is the prediction for Sunderland - Watford?
  • Users Predictions: Sunderland will win (32 of 34 users predict this - 94.12%).
    Confidence interval (95%): 86.21%100%.
  • The most likely score by Bookmakers is 2:0.
  • Preview Facts
    • Watch a battle-game between leader and a mid-table team (ranked 4 in the zone Promotion ~ Championship (Play Offs: Semi~finals) and 12).
    • Last 5 head-to-head matches Sunderland won 1.
    • Recent matches Sunderland is playing changeable (in the last 5 games wins - 2).
    • Watford is in unsatisfactory shape now (in the last 5 games wins - 1).
    • In this match Sunderland is certain favorite.
    • There will not play in Sunderland: Alese A. (Broken Leg) Browne A. (Broken Leg) Danns J. (Back Injury) Huggins N. (Knee Injury) Watson T. (Knee Injury)
    • There will not play in Watford: Baah K. (Injury) Bachmann D. (Ankle Injury) Bayo V. (Red Card) Dwomoh P. (Thigh Injury)
    • There are questionable in Sunderland: Mundle R. (Hamstring Injury)
    • There are questionable in Watford: Vata R. (Illness) Wiley C. (Shoulder Injury)
    • Last 9 head-to-head matches Sunderland won 2 matches, drawn 3 matches, lost 4 matches and goals 10:11 (average 1.1:1.2).
    • Including matches at home between the teams Sunderland won 2 matches, drawn 1 matches, lost 1 matches and goals 5:3 (average 1.3:0.8).
    What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?
    The latest head-to-head matches between Sunderland - Watford were as follows:
    28.09.2024 Watford - Sunderland 2:1
    27.04.2024 Watford - Sunderland 1:0
    04.10.2023 Sunderland - Watford 2:0
    17.09.2022 Watford - Sunderland 2:2
    Latest results of Sunderland
    03.02.2025 Middlesbrough - Sunderland 2:3
    21.01.2025 Derby County - Sunderland 0:1
    17.01.2025 Burnley - Sunderland 0:0
    11.01.2025 Sunderland - Stoke City 1:2
    Latest results of Watford
    01.02.2025 Watford - Norwich City 0:1
    25.01.2025 Coventry City - Watford 2:1
    18.01.2025 Derby County - Watford 0:2
    14.01.2025 Cardiff City - Watford 1:1
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