Sunderland 2-1 Norwich City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 21 Dec 2024

📅21/12/2024 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 1-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
51%
1.86
Draw
26%
3.35
Away
23%
3.71
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5 OUR CALL
57%
1.86
Over 2.5
43%
1.86
Both Teams to Score
Yes
43%
1.75
No
57%
1.96
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
32%
3.23
2-3 Goals
40%
1.75
4-5 Goals
20%
3.44
6+ Goals
8%
13.5
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.23 — our 32% vs market 24.6%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
26%
2.52
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
8%
13.65
X/1
19%
4.34
X/2
7%
8.28
X/X
8%
4.75
2/1
7%
24.7
2/2
8%
6.26
2/X
10%
14.3
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our call
Under 2.5 — 57%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our call is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
51%
Home Win
50%
+1.2pp
26%
Draw
26%
-0.2pp
23%
Away Win
24%
-0.9pp
57%
Under 2.5
50%
+6.7pp
43%
Over 2.5
50%
-6.7pp
43%
BTTS Yes
53%
-10.1pp
57%
BTTS No
47%
+10.1pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Sunderland EU Bookmakers 54%
Head to Head
AWAY Norwich City EU Bookmakers 27%
-6% / -11% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / -1%
1.58/0.88 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.14/1.62
-7% / -18% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +24% / -16%
54% Ball Possession 46%
13 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
340 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 273 · 74%
30.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.6
19.3 Crosses 12.6
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.5
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sunderland
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Norwich City
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
1.73 xG 1.59
43% Ball Possession 57%
16 Total Shots 14
6 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 7
288 Passes 398
74% Pass Accuracy 82%
22 Box Touches 28
14 Crosses 19
3 Yellow Cards 2
02.03.2024 Norwich City Norwich City 1-0 HT 0-0 Sunderland Sunderland İNCL
28.10.2023 Sunderland Sunderland 3-1 HT 2-1 Norwich City Norwich City İNCL
12.03.2023 Norwich City Norwich City 0-1 HT 0-1 Sunderland Sunderland İNCL
27.08.2022 Sunderland Sunderland 0-1 HT 0-0 Norwich City Norwich City İNCL
10.04.2018 Sunderland Sunderland 1-1 HT 0-0 Norwich City Norwich City İNCL
13.08.2017 Norwich City Norwich City 1-3 HT 0-1 Sunderland Sunderland İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Sunderland
2-1
AWAY Norwich City
0.78 xG 0.86
51% Ball Possession 49%
7 Total Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 2
326 Passes 307
80% Pass Accuracy 76%
21 Box Touches 16
18 Crosses 9
5 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Sunderland vs Norwich City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sunderland squeezed past Norwich City 2-1. It was 0-1 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Sunderland as the likeliest winner at 51%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (57%), no to both teams scoring (57%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Sunderland had 51% of the ball to Norwich City's 49%, shots finished 7-7, expected goals 0.78 to 0.86.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Sunderland had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Sunderland and 0.83 for Norwich City.

What was the final score of Sunderland vs Norwich City?

Sunderland 2-1 Norwich City in the England - Championship on 21/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Sunderland vs Norwich City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Sunderland win the most likely single outcome at about 51%, with the full match-result split Sunderland 51%, draw 26%, Norwich City 23%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Sunderland) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Sunderland) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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