Brentford
vs
Sunderland
Premier League prediction
The model makes it 50% Brentford, 24% draw, 26% Sunderland — fair odds of 2.00, 4.17 and 3.85. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 2-1.
Expected goals: Brentford 1.88, Sunderland 1.32.
Both teams to score: 62%. Over 2.5 goals: 62%, under 2.5: 38%.
Model confidence: High.
Model insights
Head-to-head: Brentford vs Sunderland
- 7 January 2026Brentford 3–0 SunderlandPremier League
- 30 August 2025Sunderland 2–1 BrentfordPremier League
- 17 February 2018Sunderland 0–2 BrentfordChampionship
- 21 October 2017Brentford 3–3 SunderlandChampionship
Two sides the ratings cannot separate
Brentford carry a model rating of 6.85 against 6.83 for Sunderland. The scale is anchored so that an average side in one of Europe's big five leagues sits at 6.85, and it is adjusted for the strength of each team's league, so the two numbers are comparable even across borders.
A gap that small is inside the noise of the rating itself — treat the two as level.
The model expects goals
Under the hood the model expects 1.88 goals for Brentford and 1.32 for Sunderland. Those two numbers, not the scoreline, are what the model actually estimates; everything else is derived from them.
Brentford rate 1.08 in attack and 1.08 in defence, where 1 is league average and a lower defensive number is better; Sunderland rate 0.87 and 0.92.
That points to 62% for over two and a half goals and 62% for both teams to score.
The three most likely scorelines are 1-1 (11%), 2-1 (10%), 2-0 (7%).
How this was produced
Publicly tracked record so far: 495 correct results out of 1026 settled predictions (48%), with 95 exact scorelines (9%). That log is updated automatically after every match and is never edited.
Full method: how the model works.
Team comparison
Bars show each side's share of the two-team total, based on the model's attack/defence ratings and expected goals for this fixture.
Why the model favours this side
The model gives Brentford the highest probability at 50%, based on each side's rolling attack and defence ratings estimated from recent match data. The model projects 1.88 expected goals for Brentford against 1.32 for Sunderland. Brentford's attack/defence rating is 1.08/1.08 versus the league average (1.00 = average), compared with 0.87/0.92 for Sunderland.