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Sunderland v Preston, EFL Championship, Mon, 1 Jan 2024: statistics and head to head

2023-24. Mon, 1 Jan 2024

SunderlandHome
20Full time, half-time 2–0
PrestonAway

Sunderland won by 2 goals.

DWLLLLeague form, oldest to newestLLLLL

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

Stadium of Light. Photo: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com / Original source, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Sunderland have 12 scored home results and Preston 12 scored away results stored in 2023-24. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Sunderland at home: 1.75 points per match (12 measured matches); Preston away: 1.25 points per match (12 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Sunderland scored 1.67 per home match (12 measured matches); Preston scored 1.08 away (12). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.36 per club appearance across 600 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 12 of 24 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 5. Sunderland: 1 wins; Preston: 2 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 half20
Second half00

The match in numbers

SunderlandPreston
  • 7Shots12
  • 4Shots on target3
  • 2Corners3
  • 6Fouls12
  • 0Yellow cards1
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Sunderland

  • Shots7
  • On target4
  • Goals2

57% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Preston

  • Shots12
  • On target3
  • Goals0

25% of shots on target, 0% 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.

5 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
Sunderland wins
2
Draws
2
Preston wins
Goals / meeting
2.40
12 goals in 5 meetings
Both scored
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Over 1.5
80%
4 of 5 meetings
Over 2.5
60%
3 of 5 meetings
Over 3.5
20%
1 of 5 meetings
Sunderland clean sheets
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Preston clean sheets
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Corners / meeting
10.80
5 with corner data
Cards / meeting
2.40
5 with card data
  1. Preston v SunderlandSat, 12 Aug 2023 · EFL Championship 2023-242–1HT 1–1
  2. Preston v SunderlandMon, 8 May 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-230–3HT 0–0
  3. Sunderland v PrestonSat, 1 Oct 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-230–0HT 0–0
  4. Sunderland v PrestonSat, 17 Mar 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-180–2HT 0–0
  5. 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
Sunderland at homeWWWLWL
Preston awayLWLLLD

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
Sunderland at home, Preston away
  • 39%
    Both teams scored
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 91%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 94%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 75%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 50%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 22%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 28%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 7%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 12%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.4
    Avg total goals
    League 2.68
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 69%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 36%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.4
    Corners per match
    League 10.65
    23 + 23 matches
  • 59%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 71%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 48%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 59%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 43%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.0
    Cards per match
    League 4.04
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 58%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2023-24

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, 2023-24

Home and awayOverall
Sunderland at home, Preston away
Sunderland (home)Preston (away)
16Position10
DLDLLLast 5, oldest to newestLDLLL
23Played23
1.39Points per match1.13
43%Win %30%
1.30Scored / match0.91
1.30Conceded / match1.35
2.61Avg total goals2.26
44%Both scored35%
26%Clean sheets30%
39%Failed to score44%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

SunderlandPreston
  • 0.521st half scored / match0.57
  • 0.611st half conceded / match0.70
  • 0.782nd half scored / match0.35
  • 0.702nd half conceded / match0.65
  • 22%Leading at half-time22%
  • 65%1st half over 0.561%
  • 39%1st half over 1.544%
  • 78%2nd half over 0.557%
  • 39%2nd half over 1.535%
  • 26%Scored in both halves13%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Sunderland at home, Preston away, this season.

Goals

SunderlandPreston
  • 1.30Scored / match0.91
  • 1.30Conceded / match1.35
  • 2.61Match total / match2.26
  • 61%Scored 1+57%
  • 39%Scored 2+26%
  • 74%Conceded 1+70%
  • 30%Conceded 2+35%
  • 70%Match over 1.570%
  • 57%Match over 2.544%
  • 30%Match over 3.513%

Shots and xG

SunderlandPreston
  • 14.83Shots for8.04
  • 10.39Shots against13.22
  • 5.04On target for2.57
  • 3.78On target against4.43
  • 9%Shot conversion11%

Corners

SunderlandPreston
  • 6.17Corners for2.96
  • 4.52Corners against5.13
  • 10.70Match total8.09
  • 83%Over 7.561%
  • 70%Over 8.548%
  • 61%Over 9.535%
  • 57%Over 10.530%
  • 44%Over 11.517%

Cards

SunderlandPreston
  • 1.65Cards for2.17
  • 2.74Cards against1.35
  • 4.39Match total3.52
  • 83%Over 2.552%
  • 70%Over 3.539%
  • 44%Over 4.530%
  • 26%Over 5.526%
  • 10.39Fouls committed12.61
Referee this season
O Langford
Matches
28
Cards / match
3.21
28 matches
Over 3.5 cards
46%
28 matches
Over 4.5 cards
25%
28 matches
Fouls / match
20.54
28 matches

The table, 2023-24

#ClubPGDPts
8Middlesbrough46969
9Coventry461164
10Preston46-1163
11Bristol City46262
12Cardiff46-1762
14Swansea46-657
15Watford46056
16Sunderland46-256
17Stoke46-1156
18QPR46-1156
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