Sunderland have gone over 2.5 goals in 2 of 7 league games this season (29%) — 0% at home, 50% away. They've scored 6 and conceded 14, so their matches average 2.86 goals, and both teams have scored in 43% of them. Record: 1-1-5 in the Premier League, where the division average is 54% over 2.5.
Full Sunderland season view in the app →They are on the tighter end of the division: 29% over 2.5 against a league average of 54%, 25 points below it. That ranks them 20th of 20 for goals in their matches, 17th for scoring (0.86 a game) and 4th for goals conceded (2.00). They've kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in 7 games — the goals dry up more often than the back line holds.
Across 7 matches with half-time data, 60% of the goals in their games have come after the break (8 before, 12 after). Sunderland themselves have scored 3 in first halves and 3 in second.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 29% | 14% | 43% |
| Home | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Away | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 50% | 25% | 75% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 0–2 (3 times). Biggest win: 1–0 at home to Fulham (Sun 30 Aug). Heaviest defeat: 0–2 away at Bournemouth. 1 of their 7 games have produced five goals or more.
In 38 league games last season Sunderland's matches went over 2.5 goals 45% of the time. This season they're running tighter at 29%, down 16 points on 7 games.
Fixture links open our full rating for that match — form, head-to-head, goal timing and the score projection. How those are built is set out in the methodology.