Saturday 12 Sept, 20:00 · engine xGB Core v1 · doesn't know lineups or injuries · reassessed after this week's earlier results (rev 5)

Sunderland

30Index23Attack46Defense
WLWWD
60%ARS WIN
01
Likeliest ARS win · 13%

Arsenal

99Index77Attack99Defense
WWWWW
SUNDERLAND 15%DRAW 25%ARSENAL 60%
Over 2.5 goals
47%
Both teams score
46%
Expected goals
0.8 · 1.8
Why
Head to head · 8 league meetings since 2014/15
SUN 03 drawn5 ARS
2025/26ARS30SUN2026-02-07
2025/26SUN22ARS2025-11-08
2016/17ARS20SUN2017-05-16
2016/17SUN14ARS2016-10-29
2015/16SUN00ARS2016-04-24
Sunderland — projected scorers
Enzo Le Fée6%30% ast88'
Brian Brobbey19%3% ast74'
Trai Hume4%11% ast83'
Noah Sadiki7%4% ast88'
Granit Xhaka2%7% ast90'
Nordi Mukiele4%1% ast72'
Arsenal — projected scorers
Kai Havertz26%12% ast45'
Viktor Gyokeres24%6% ast35'
Bukayo Saka10%20% ast59'
Noni Madueke2%12% ast31'
Riccardo Calafiori9%5% ast69'
Gabriel11%1% ast80'

Projections assume recent minutes patterns — the model doesn’t know lineups.

What the grid implies
Goals
Over 1.5 goals73%
Over 2.5 goals47%
Over 3.5 goals25%
Both teams score46%
Double chance
SUN or draw40%
Draw or ARS85%
SUN or ARSno draw75%
Draw no bet
SUNstake returned on a draw20%
ARS80%
Clean sheets
SUN clean sheet17%
ARS clean sheet46%

Model probabilities, not odds and not advice. Our own leaderboard shows no model here beats the closing market once the bookmaker’s margin is paid.

Every scoreline, priced — tap a cell
SUNARS012345
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Darker green = likelier. Rows are SUN goals, columns ARS. Scores of six or more each way carry the remaining probability.
Price movement — 5 pre-kickoff assessments, every one kept
30 Aug, 20:24SUN 15.1% (+0.2 since first)draw 25.0%ARS 59.9%
What this is built from
The engine weighs
  • Chance quality created and conceded, both sides, all season
  • Opponent strength and venue
  • Recent play, weighted toward now
It cannot see
  • Confirmed lineups
  • Injuries and suspensions
  • Cup rotation plans

Engine internals are proprietary. The complete performance record — including every miss — is public on the record.