FTMatchday 17

Brighton and Hove Albion vs Sunderland: Prediction

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Brighton and Hove Albion0

Sunderland0

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Match events

0 goals

Brighton and Hove AlbionSunderland

Brajan Grudayellow card19'
Diego Coppolayellow card34'
Mats Wiefferon46'
63'Simon Adingraon
Maxim Cuyperon64'
64'Christopher Riggon
Yankuba Mintehon71'
Jack Hinshelwoodon71'
72'Brian Brobbeyon
79'Daniel Ballardyellow card
86'Enzo Le Féeyellow card
Brajan Grudaon87'

Events from TheSportsDB. They can lag the live score by a few minutes.

Match stats

Brighton and Hove AlbionSunderland

56%Possession44%
1Expected goals (xG)1
16Shots14
4Shots on target6
3Corners4
11Fouls15
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
1Offsides1
6Saves4
412Passes322

Line-ups

Brighton and Hove Albion

21Olivier Boscagli
10Georginio Rutter
29Maxim Cuyper
1Bart Verbruggen
24Ferdi Kadıoğlu
42Diego Coppola
26Yasin Ayari
8Brajan Gruda
27Mats Wieffer
13Jack Hinshelwood
11Yankuba Minteh

Sunderland

34Granit Xhaka
20Nordi Mukiele
6Lutsharel Geertruida
15Omar Alderete
9Brian Brobbey
28Enzo Le Fée
5Daniel Ballard
24Simon Adingra
32Trai Hume
11Christopher Rigg
22Robin Roefs

Tipster consensus

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Most likely score–

Expected goals (model)–

Team rating (Elo)1535 – 1498

Recent form

Brighton and Hove AlbionWWLDL

SunderlandLWDLW

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	38	-6	54
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	38	+6	53

Head to head

Sunderland 0–2 Brighton and Hove Albion2026-10-10
Sunderland 0–1 Brighton and Hove Albion2026-03-14

Match preview

Brighton and Hove Albion host Sunderland in the Premier League on 20 December 2025. Brighton and Hove Albion sit 8th on 53 points and Sunderland are 7th on 54. Brighton and Hove Albion have won 2 of their last 5 (WWLDL), while Sunderland have won 2 of 5 (LWDLW). In their last 2 meetings, Brighton and Hove Albion won 2, Sunderland won 0 and 0 ended level. These are probabilities from past results, not guarantees: football upsets happen every week.

How this is worked out

Each club has an Elo rating that moves after every result (bigger wins move it more, home sides get a small boost). We turn the rating gap into expected goals and use a Poisson model to get win, draw and loss chances. The prediction is locked at kick-off and never edited.

Probabilities, not promises. For analysis and entertainment only. 18+.