West Bromwich Albion FC vs Sunderland AFC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
West Bromwich Albion FC vs Sunderland AFC — Championship at The Hawthorns.
- West Bromwich Albion FC 46 games · 51 pts (2025/26)
- Sunderland AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tom Nield
- Assistant 1 Andrew Fox
- Assistant 2 Gregory Read (England)
26 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.5 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 05 Apr Sunderland AFC H 0–1 L 29 Mar Norwich City FC A 0–1 L 15 Mar Hull City AFC H 1–1 D 11 Mar Burnley FC A 1–1 D 08 Mar Queens Park Rangers FC H 1–0 W 01 Mar Leeds United FC A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Apr West Bromwich Albion FC A 1–0 W 29 Mar Millwall FC H 1–0 W 15 Mar Coventry City FC A 0–3 L 11 Mar Preston North End FC H 1–1 D 08 Mar Cardiff City FC H 2–1 W 28 Feb Sheffield Wednesday FC A 2–1 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
West Bromwich Albion FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
West Bromwich Albion FC0-151/–16-301/–31-452/246-60–/161-751/176+2/–■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
West Bromwich Albion FCAune Heggebo 9 G 4 A Isaac Price 8 G 2 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: West Bromwich Albion FC gets underway.
- 5' Kyle Bartley needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' West Bromwich Albion FC is showing some good football. However, West Bromwich Albion FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Sunderland AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 30' Sunderland AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 34' Eliezer Mayenda has so much to prove this time. He replaces Romaine Mundle on 34 minute.
- 35' Sunderland AFC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Trai Hume on 35.
- 40' It’s high time Tony Mowbray made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sunderland AFC that had 363 games and scored 478 goals.
- 55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
- 60' A meaty challenge results in booking for Alan Browne on 60.
- 62' A meaty challenge results in booking for Eliezer Mayenda on 62.
- 62' The whistle greets Alex Mowatt as he departs to be replaced by Daryl Dike.
- 63' The supporters are chanting for Tom Fellows. He replaces Grady Diangana on 63 minute.
- 65' Jayson Molumby was booked on 65.
- 70' The whistle greets Mikey Johnston as he departs to be replaced by Tammer Bany.
- 71' Sunderland AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Enzo Le Fee is hanging Patrick Roberts on the field on 71 minute.
- 76' 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.
- 79' The whistle greets Adam Armstrong as he departs to be replaced by William Lankshear.
- 84' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Chris Mepham made 344 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 89' The referee calls foul for Callum Styles. He receives a card.
- 90' Another change for Sunderland AFC made on 90 minute. Wilson Isidor leaves to be changed by Milan Aleksic.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for West Bromwich Albion FC.
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Lineups
West Bromwich Albion FC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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Grady Diangana ↓ Tom Fellows 63'
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27
Alex Mowatt ↓ Daryl Dike 62'
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- 4
- 32
- 14
- 8
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Mikey Johnston ↓ Tammer Bany 70'
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Bench
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- 44
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Daryl Dike ↑ 62'
- 24
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17
Ousmane Diakite ↑ 79'
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31
Tom Fellows ↑ 63'
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26
Tammer Bany ↑ 70'
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19
William Lankshear ↑ 79'
Coach Tony MowbraySunderland AFC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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Alan Browne ↓ Leo Hjelde 71'
- 26
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18
Wilson Isidor ↓ Milan Aleksic 90'
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10
Patrick Roberts ↓ Enzo Le Fee 71'
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- 32
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- 7
- 14
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Bench
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28
Enzo Le Fee ↑ 71'
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12
Eliezer Mayenda ↑ 34'
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- 45
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33
Leo Hjelde ↑ 71'
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- 50
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30
Milan Aleksic ↑ 90'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Daryl Dike 2 Dennis Cirken 2 Brandon Thomas-Asante 1 Daniel Ballard 1 Dan Neil 1 Pierre Ekwah 1 Trai Hume 1 Tom Rogic 1 Head to Head
West Bromwich Albion FC Form
2025-04-05 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–1 Sunderland AFC L 2025-03-29 Norwich City FC 1–0 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2025-03-15 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–1 Hull City AFC D 2025-03-11 Burnley FC 1–1 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2025-03-08 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2025-03-01 Leeds United FC 1–1 West Bromwich Albion FC DSunderland AFC Form
2025-04-05 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–1 Sunderland AFC W 2025-03-29 Sunderland AFC 1–0 Millwall FC W 2025-03-15 Coventry City FC 3–0 Sunderland AFC L 2025-03-11 Sunderland AFC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2025-03-08 Sunderland AFC 2–1 Cardiff City FC W 2025-02-28 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Sunderland AFC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.01 West Bromwich Albion FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.03 Sunderland AFC xGI would bet for: Sunderland AFC or Draw 69% + Under 2.5 goals 67%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sunderland AFC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.04Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 61% 39% ± 2.5 33% 67% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
West Bromwich Albion FC or Draw 63%Draw or Sunderland AFC 69%West Bromwich Albion FC or Sunderland AFC 68%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Sunderland AFC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 15.4%1 – 1 14.5%0 – 1 Actual1 – 0 11.8%1 – 2 6.8%2 – 1 6.7%0 – 2 6.6%2 – 0 6.3%2 – 2 3.6%1 – 3 2.4%3 – 1 2.3%0 – 3 2.2%Asian Handicap — West Bromwich Albion FC
Handicap West Bromwich Albion FC covers Push Sunderland AFC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 20% 67% -0.5 33% — 67% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 20% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
West Bromwich Albion FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet 37% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.