Championship news and guide: Sunderland odds-on favourite to overcome Watford

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium of Light (48707 seats)

Sunderland are flying at 6th, while Watford are bringing up the rear 6 points behind in the standings. Will they trim the gap?

Insights:
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Watford are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sunderland form and stats

The complete Championship results at home this season for Sunderland are 7-8-7 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Sunderland in their previous game, a fixture away at West Bromwich Albion (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Cirkin, defender, was given a rating of 8.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Cirkin scored two goals and won 4 of 12 duels.

Before that, Sunderland drew at home versus Huddersfield Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sunderland have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 0.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 13 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The Sunderland fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 31 in 22 matches. Sunderland have conceded 31 in these home matches.

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Watford form and stats

The visitors are W5-D8-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Watford play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Hull City (placed 15th). Porteous, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.21. Porteous won 6 of 9 duels.

A 1-3 loss hosting Cardiff City before that.

We have checked recent matches where Watford have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The attacking power of Watford when travelling is not overwhelming with 19 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 28 goals have been conceded by Watford in these games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played earlier this season: Watford - Sunderland 2-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Sunderland victory, two draws and two Watford wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
11 goals
SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals

Sunderland missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunderland Watford
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
17 7 0 Won W 0 5 15
14 8 3 Drew D 2 8 14
13 7 4 Lost L 5 9 15
63 31 8 Scored S 3 19 52
53 31 16 Conceded C 13 28 51
93% 91% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
77% 77% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 68% 73%
52% 55% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 32% 39%
18% 23% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 23% 25%
11% 14% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
61% 64% 71% BTTS BTTS 29% 36% 43%
30% 27% 14% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 34%
16% 18% 29% Failed to Score F T 71% 45% 32%
 
4.3 4 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.2
5.4 5.2 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.5 5
2 1.6 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.3 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.6 12.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 10.1 11.5
3.9 4.1 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.2 3.8
37% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 31%
 
12.3 11.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 15.4 12.8 11.8
3.6 3.9 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.2 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 43 26 14 3 81 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 21 11 8 2 35 19 47 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Sunderland 44 17 14 13 63 53 22 7 8 7 31 31 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 65
7 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 43 19 8 16 47 49 21 13 3 5 26 17 22 6 5 11 21 32 -2 65
9 West Bromwich Albion 43 17 12 14 55 47 22 10 7 5 29 19 21 7 5 9 26 28 8 63
10 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
19 Rotherham United 43 10 16 17 47 58 21 8 6 7 35 28 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 46
20 Cardiff City 43 12 10 21 38 52 22 6 7 9 19 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 43 26 14 3 81 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 21 11 8 2 35 19 47 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Sunderland 44 17 14 13 63 53 22 7 8 7 31 31 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 65
7 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 43 19 8 16 47 49 21 13 3 5 26 17 22 6 5 11 21 32 -2 65
9 West Bromwich Albion 43 17 12 14 55 47 22 10 7 5 29 19 21 7 5 9 26 28 8 63
10 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
19 Rotherham United 43 10 16 17 47 58 21 8 6 7 35 28 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 46
20 Cardiff City 43 12 10 21 38 52 22 6 7 9 19 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.