Sunderland v Coventry City

SunderlandSunderland

10:00 AM ET

High stakesHigh stakesStakes 33 of 100, top 15% of past matches rated as far ahead.

CoventryCoventry City

Both need this to stay up; a win cuts Sunderland's chances of going down to 46%, Coventry's to 15%.

• Date Saturday, January 23

Tale of the tape

	Sunderland and Coventry, against the league medianSunderlandCoventry
Position	Sunderland 20th, Coventry 16th, league median 10.5th20th16th
Points	Sunderland 5, Coventry 9, league median 1159
Points, last 5	Sunderland 1, Coventry 9, league median 819
Offense	Sunderland 1.17, Coventry 1.39, league median 1.451.171.39
Defense	Sunderland 1.31, Coventry 1.40, league median 1.241.311.40
Relegation odds	Sunderland 55%, Coventry 22%, league median 7%55%22%
	League medianMedianBetter

Most likely scores

Most likely scores, Sunderland goals down, Coventry goals across. The most likely is 1–1 at 13%. The chance either side scores five or more is 3%.

		Coventry goals
		Coventry 0	Coventry 1	Coventry 2	Coventry 3	Coventry 4
Sunderland goals	Sunderland 0	7%	7%	5%	2%	1%
	Sunderland 1	8%	13%	8%	4%	1%
	Sunderland 2	6%	9%	6%	3%	1%
	Sunderland 3	3%	4%	3%	1%	<1%
	Sunderland 4	1%	2%	1%	<1%	<1%

Table

Where Sunderland and Coventry sit in the table. The top 4 qualify for the top places.

Position	Team	LeftRegular-season matches left to play.	GDGoal difference. Goals scored minus goals conceded.	Pts.	RelegatedChance of finishing in the bottom 3, which go down.
15	Fulham	29	−2	9	21%
16	Coventry	29	−7	9	22%
17	Man United	29	−5	7	8%
18	Crystal Palace	29	−12	7	61%
19	Nott'm Forest	29	−6	6	29%
20	Sunderland	29	−10	5	55%

Full table

Relegation odds by result

Each team's relegation odds now and after each result of this match, with the change in percentage points.

Result	Sunderland	Coventry
Now	55%	22%
Sunderland win	, down 9 points46%	, up 7 points29%
Draw	, up 3 points58%	, up 1 point23%
Coventry win	, up 10 points65%	, down 7 points15%