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Match preview · Premier League

Crystal Palace – Sunderland

Crystal Palace 15th in Premier League Home 1.31 projected goals by the model
Sunderland 14th in Premier League Away 1.35 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.31 1.35
Crystal Palace Sunderland
Crystal Palace
34%
Draw
31%
Sunderland
36%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Crystal Palace Draw Sunderland
Fair odds 2.97 3.26 2.80
Total goals
2.65
Over 2.5 goals
51%
Both teams to score
60%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model can't separate them

36% Sunderland to win

Attack
8th vs 14th
Sunderland attack v Crystal Palace defence
Defence
6th vs 18th
Sunderland defence v Crystal Palace attack
Recent xG form
+0.29 vs -0.79
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.31 – 1.35
Crystal Palace v Sunderland
How the model arrived here →

Squad news

From Fantasy Premier League

Crystal Palace

12 listed
  • Forward · Hamstring injury - Expected back 11 Oct

  • Dean Henderson 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Foot injury - Expected back 11 Oct

  • Axel Disasi 0% chance

    Defender · Suspended until 25 Oct

  • Rio Cardines 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Bristol City on loan for the rest of the season

  • Romain Esse 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Millwall on loan for the rest of the season

  • Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 0% chance

    Midfielder · has joined Kasimpasa on loan for the rest of the seaon.

  • Justin Devenny 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Stoke City permanently

  • Christantus Uche 0% chance

    Forward · has returned to Getafe CF

  • Matheus França 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Alverca on loan for the rest of the season

  • Borna Sosa 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined FC Cologne on loan for the rest of the season

  • Chadi Riad Dnanou 0% chance

    Defender · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Takehiro Tomiyasu 75% chance

    Defender · Calf injury - 75% chance of playing

Sunderland

9 listed
  • Anthony Patterson 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined Wrexham permanently

  • Arthur Masuaku 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Konyaspor permanently

  • Jenson Seelt 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Swansea City on loan for the rest of the season

  • Leo Fuhr Hjelde 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined KV Mechelen on loan for the rest of the season

  • Simon Adingra 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Ajax on loan for the rest of the season

  • Habib Diarra 0% chance

    Midfielder · Hamstring injury - Unknown return date

  • Romaine Mundle 0% chance

    Midfielder · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Brian Brobbey 75% chance

    Forward · Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing

  • Daniel Ballard 75% chance

    Defender · Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing

The status, the chance of playing and the note beside each name are Fantasy Premier League's own, and it covers this competition only. Nothing above this section knows about any of it: a rating fitted over recent matches describes the side that played them.

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Crystal Palace and Sunderland compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Crystal Palace Sunderland
xG / match 1.25 · 15th (better) 1.90 · 5th
xGA / match 1.89 · 20th (better) 1.75 · 14th
xGD / match -0.64 · 17th (better) +0.15 · 9th
xPts / match 0.95 · 17th (better) 1.47 · 9th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.79 (better) +0.29

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 34% of the model's distribution.

Sunderland clean sheet
24%
Sunderland 2+ goals
40%
Under 2.5 goals
49%
Both teams to score: no
40%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.5%
1:2
9.7%
2:1
9.3%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Crystal Palace sample
20 matches
Sunderland sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Crystal Palace
2 matches
Away xG sample · Sunderland
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.