Premier League Round 7 2026-10-18 · 13:00 UTC finished
Bournemouth (home)
VS Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth
Sunderland (away)
Prediction
51% Bournemouth (home) Model favorite
27% Draw
22% Sunderland (away)
Expected goals 1.72 — 1.07 Over 2.5 goals: 53% Both teams to score: 54%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Bournemouth Sunderland
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.491.96
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.161.65
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 33
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 10.0 11.6
Matches in the last 7 days 22
Matches in the next 7 days 33
Travel to this match (km) 0466

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 53.4% of the time.

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Bournemouth

  • injured Alex Scott return: Late October 2026
  • injured Julián Araujo return: Late November 2026
  • injured Junior Kroupi return: Late October 2026
  • injured Veljko Milosavljević return: doubtful

Sunderland

  • injured Daniel Ballard return: Late October 2026
  • injured Romaine Mundle return: Early January 2027
  • injured Thomas Meunier return: Late October 2026
  • injured Wilson Isidor return: doubtful

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Bournemouth 2 · 2 2 draws · 2 Sunderland

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-02-28AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1Sunderland
2025-11-29Sunderland 3 - 2AFC Bournemouth
2017-04-29Sunderland 0 - 1AFC Bournemouth
2016-11-05AFC Bournemouth 1 - 2Sunderland
2016-01-23Sunderland 1 - 1AFC Bournemouth
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How predictions are made

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Data coverage

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