Sunderland AFC vs Norwich City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sunderland AFC vs Norwich City FC — Championship at Stadium of Light.
- Sunderland AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Norwich City FC 46 games · 65 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Leigh Doughty
- Assistant 1 Paul Hodskinson
- Assistant 2 Graham Kane
23 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.8 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 Dec Norwich City FC H 2–1 W 14 Dec Swansea City AFC A 3–2 W 10 Dec Bristol City FC H 1–1 D 07 Dec Stoke City FC H 2–1 W 29 Nov Sheffield United FC A 0–1 L 26 Nov West Bromwich Albion FC H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 Dec Sunderland AFC A 1–2 L 15 Dec Burnley FC H 1–2 L 10 Dec Portsmouth FC A 0–0 D 07 Dec Queens Park Rangers FC A 0–3 L 30 Nov Luton Town FC H 4–2 W 26 Nov Plymouth Argyle FC H 6–1 W Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Norwich City FC0-15–/216-302/131-451/146-602/361-753/176+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Norwich City FCJovon Makama 10 G Mohamed Toure 9 G 3 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Sunderland AFC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Sunderland AFC is showing some good football. However, Sunderland AFC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' It looks surprising Norwich City FC does not make any changes. Ashley Barnes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Norwich City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 21' GOAL! Anis Ben Slimane scores on 21.
- 26' The travelling Norwich City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 31' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jobe Bellingham made 383 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 36' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 36 minutes.
- 39' A meaty challenge results in booking for Luke O'Nien on 39.
- 42' It’s gonna be a card for Jose Cordoba.
- 47' GOAL! Daniel Ballard scores on 47. Assisted by Eliezer Mayenda
- 49' It’s a booking for Sunderland AFC player. Chris Mepham gets a card.
- 53' The referee calls foul for Callum Doyle. He receives a card.
- 56' The referee calls foul for Anis Ben Slimane. He receives a card.
- 57' Dennis Cirkin was booked on 57.
- 60' The referee calls foul for Marcelino Nunez. He receives a card.
- 65' It’s high time Johannes Thorup made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 68' Sunderland AFC player sees a card in front of him.
- 68' Another substitution for Sunderland AFC to replace Luke O'Nien by Trai Hume on 68 minute.
- 69' Oscar Schwartau has so much to prove this time. He replaces Onel Hernandez on 69 minute.
- 70' Jose Cordoba was booked on 70.
- 72' Sensational shot from Jobe Bellingham. Sunderland AFC is back in the lead.
- 74' The Norwich City FC manager makes a substitution. Emiliano Marcondes departs to be replaced by Benjamin Chrisene.
- 79' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 82' Norwich City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ashley Barnes is hanging Shane Duffy on the field on 82 minute.
- 85' Adil Aouchiche has so much to prove this time. He replaces Wilson Isidor on 85 minute.
- 88' Another change for Sunderland AFC made on 88 minute. Daniel Ballard leaves to be changed by Leo Hjelde.
- With this win, Sunderland AFC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Sunderland AFC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Luke O'Nien ↓ Trai Hume 68'
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Wilson Isidor ↓ Adil Aouchiche 85'
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Daniel Ballard ↓ Leo Hjelde 88'
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Dennis Cirkin ↓ Aji Alese 85'
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- 12
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Bench
- 24
- 21
- 15
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32
Trai Hume ↑ 68'
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Adil Aouchiche ↑ 85'
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Aji Alese ↑ 85'
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Leo Hjelde ↑ 88'
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Coach Regis Le BrisNorwich City FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Shane Duffy ↓ Ashley Barnes 82'
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- 7
- 20
- 26
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- 11
- 33
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Ante Crnac ↓ Jacob Sorensen 74'
Bench
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Ashley Barnes ↑ 82'
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Jacob Sorensen ↑ 74'
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Benjamin Chrisene ↑ 74'
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Kellen Fisher ↑ 82'
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Oscar Schwartau ↑ 69'
Coach Johannes Thorup -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Josh Sargent 2 Dan Neil 1 Anis Ben Slimane 1 Daniel Ballard 1 Jobe Bellingham 1 Abdoullah Ba 1 Ui-jo Hwang 1 Jack Clarke 1 Head to Head
Sunderland AFC Form
Norwich City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.38 Sunderland AFC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.89 Norwich City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 61% + Under — clean sheet likely 55%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sunderland AFC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.27Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 66% 34% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Sunderland AFC or Draw 78%Draw or Norwich City FC 50%Sunderland AFC or Norwich City FC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Norwich City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.6%1 – 0 13.2%0 – 0 12.6%2 – 0 9.5%2 – 1 Actual0 – 1 8%1 – 2 5.4%3 – 0 4.3%3 – 1 4%0 – 2 3.9%2 – 2 3.9%3 – 2 1.9%Asian Handicap — Sunderland AFC
Handicap Sunderland AFC covers Push Norwich City FC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 14% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 24% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 15% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet 42% ✓Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.