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Match preview · Premier League

Sunderland – Ipswich Town

Sunderland 14th in Premier League Home 1.73 projected goals by the model
Ipswich Town 11th in Premier League Away 1.23 projected goals by the model

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

What the model expects

expected goals
1.73 1.23
Sunderland Ipswich Town
Sunderland
48%
Draw
28%
Ipswich Town
25%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Sunderland Draw Ipswich Town
Fair odds 2.10 3.61 4.06
Total goals
2.96
Over 2.5 goals
59%
Both teams to score
64%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 5 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Sunderland

48% Sunderland to win

Attack
8th vs 19th
Sunderland attack v Ipswich Town defence
Defence
6th vs 11th
Sunderland defence v Ipswich Town attack
Recent xG form
+0.29 vs -0.22
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.73 – 1.23
Sunderland v Ipswich Town

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 5 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Squad news

From Fantasy Premier League

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

Ipswich Town

10 listed
  • Abdul Fatawu 0% chance

    Midfielder · Suspended until 17 Oct

  • George Hirst 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Stoke City permanently

  • Ben Johnson 0% chance

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

  • Jack Taylor 0% chance

    Midfielder · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Chiedozie Ogbene 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Lincoln City on loan until January

  • Ali Al Hamadi 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the rest of the season

  • Wes Burns 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Leicester City permanently

  • Cameron Humphreys 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Huddersfield Town on loan for the rest of the season

  • Sam Szmodics 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Derby County on loan for the rest of the season

  • Kayne van Oevelen 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined Valencia on loan for the rest of the season

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: Sunderland and Ipswich Town compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Sunderland Ipswich Town
xG / match (better) 1.90 · 5th 1.53 · 10th
xGA / match (better) 1.75 · 14th 1.75 · 15th
xGD / match (better) +0.15 · 9th -0.22 · 13th
xPts / match (better) 1.47 · 9th 1.41 · 11th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.29 -0.22

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 32% of the model's distribution.

Sunderland clean sheet
26%
Sunderland 2+ goals
53%
Under 2.5 goals
41%
Both teams to score: no
36%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
13.5%
2:1
11.0%
1:2
7.6%
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Model details

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

Warnings

  • Ipswich Town has only 5 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

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.