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Preston v Sunderland, EFL Championship, Mon, 8 May 2023: statistics and head to head

2022-23. Mon, 8 May 2023

PrestonHome
03Full time, half-time 0–0
SunderlandAway

Sunderland won by 3 goals.

LLDLLLeague form, oldest to newestWDWDW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Deepdale. Photo: Hudson6dogs, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Preston have 22 scored home results and Sunderland 22 scored away results stored in 2022-23. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Preston at home: 1.27 points per match (22 measured matches); Sunderland away: 1.64 points per match (22 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Preston scored 0.91 per home match (22 measured matches); Sunderland scored 1.45 away (22). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.21 per club appearance across 1080 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 23 of 44 pooled club appearances (52.3%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 3. Preston: 1 wins; Sunderland: 0 wins; draws: 2.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half00
Second half03

The match in numbers

PrestonSunderland
  • 10Shots16
  • 2Shots on target7
  • 2Corners7
  • 18Fouls1
  • 2Yellow cards0
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Preston

  • Shots10
  • On target2
  • Goals0

20% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Sunderland

  • Shots16
  • On target7
  • Goals3

44% of shots on target, 43% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

3 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

1
Preston wins
2
Draws
0
Sunderland wins
Goals / meeting
2.00
6 goals in 3 meetings
Both scored
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Over 1.5
67%
2 of 3 meetings
Over 2.5
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Over 3.5
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Preston clean sheets
67%
2 of 3 meetings
Sunderland clean sheets
33%
1 of 3 meetings
Corners / meeting
9.33
3 with corner data
Cards / meeting
2.00
3 with card data
  1. Sunderland v PrestonSat, 1 Oct 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-230–0HT 0–0
  2. Sunderland v PrestonSat, 17 Mar 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-180–2HT 0–0
  3. Preston v SunderlandSat, 30 Sept 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-182–2HT 0–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and awayAll matches
Preston at homeLLLWLL
Sunderland awayLDWLDL

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and awayOverall
Preston at home, Sunderland away
  • 50%
    Both teams scored
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 89%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 46%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 44%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 13%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 22%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 7%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 10%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.3
    Avg total goals
    League 2.43
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 68%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 29%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.6
    Corners per match
    League 10.01
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 66%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 59%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 54%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 41%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.6
    Cards per match
    League 3.91
    23 + 23 matches
  • 74%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 56%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 48%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 37%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2022-23

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2022-23

Home and awayOverall
Preston at home, Sunderland away
Preston (home)Sunderland (away)
12Position6
WWWDLLast 5, oldest to newestWDWWW
23Played23
1.22Points per match1.70
30%Win %48%
0.87Scored / match1.52
1.22Conceded / match0.96
2.09Avg total goals2.48
44%Both scored57%
30%Clean sheets35%
44%Failed to score13%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

PrestonSunderland
  • 0.391st half scored / match0.39
  • 0.521st half conceded / match0.57
  • 0.482nd half scored / match1.13
  • 0.702nd half conceded / match0.39
  • 17%Leading at half-time22%
  • 52%1st half over 0.574%
  • 26%1st half over 1.522%
  • 65%2nd half over 0.583%
  • 44%2nd half over 1.557%
  • 9%Scored in both halves26%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Preston at home, Sunderland away, this season.

Goals

PrestonSunderland
  • 0.87Scored / match1.52
  • 1.22Conceded / match0.96
  • 2.09Match total / match2.48
  • 57%Scored 1+87%
  • 26%Scored 2+39%
  • 70%Conceded 1+65%
  • 30%Conceded 2+30%
  • 65%Match over 1.578%
  • 39%Match over 2.552%
  • 13%Match over 3.513%

Shots and xG

PrestonSunderland
  • 12.26Shots for11.52
  • 12.04Shots against13.35
  • 3.70On target for4.26
  • 3.91On target against3.52
  • 7%Shot conversion13%

Corners

PrestonSunderland
  • 4.17Corners for4.74
  • 5.00Corners against5.35
  • 9.17Match total10.09
  • 74%Over 7.583%
  • 61%Over 8.583%
  • 48%Over 9.570%
  • 35%Over 10.544%
  • 26%Over 11.517%

Cards

PrestonSunderland
  • 1.87Cards for2.43
  • 2.39Cards against2.48
  • 4.26Match total4.91
  • 87%Over 2.587%
  • 74%Over 3.574%
  • 39%Over 4.557%
  • 17%Over 5.544%
  • 11.57Fouls committed11.09
Referee this season
R Madley
Matches
14
Cards / match
4.43
14 matches
Over 3.5 cards
64%
14 matches
Over 4.5 cards
36%
14 matches
Fouls / match
20.43
14 matches

The table, 2022-23

#ClubPGDPts
4Middlesbrough462875
5Coventry461270
6Sunderland461369
7Blackburn46-269
8Millwall46768
10Swansea46466
11Watford46363
12Preston46-1463
13Norwich46362
14Bristol City46-159
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