West Bromwich Albion Travel to Sunderland in Final Championship Game of the Weekend

Sunderland vs West Bromwich - 12/12/2022

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The final match of the weekend in the Championship takes place on the 12th of December as Sunderland host West Bromwich Albion.

The game will be played at the Stadium of Light and the hosts begin this round of fixtures in 10th place on 30 points while the visitors are in 21st place on 23 points.

Sunderland come into the game having defeated Millwall 3-0 at home in the Championship last weekend.

It was a good return to competitive action for Sunderland and with the score 0-0 at half time, they scored 2 goals inside the first 13 minutes of the second half. Sunderland added a third goal in stoppage time.

That victory means Sunderland have won 3 of their last 4 competitive matches, all of which have been in the Championship.

They are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 Championship games and have defeated Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City away plus Millwall at home. The only loss was a 1-0 defeat at home by Cardiff City.

Trends show in their 19 most recent home matches of all competitions, Sunderland have been undefeated 16 times. They are undefeated in 8 of their 11 most recent home Championship fixtures but have recorded only 3 wins from their last 10 home league games.

In fact, Sunderland have lost 2 of their 3 most recent home Championship matches.

West Bromwich Albion travel up to the Stadium of Light having last played in the Championship on the 12th of November.

The Baggies beat Stoke City 2-0 at home and opened the scoring shortly before half time. Into the second half and it did not take long for West Bromwich Albion to score their second and secure maximum points.

The win over Stoke City means West Bromwich Albion have won each of their last 3 Championship matches. There have been wins over Blackpool at home and Queens Park Rangers away.

Recent form on the road in the Championship shows West Bromwich Albion have won 2 of their last 3 games, with the wins coming at Reading and Queens Park Rangers.

Trends show West Bromwich Albion have seen under 2.5 goals scored in their last 4 league fixtures and have kept a clean sheet in each of their last 3 matches. West Bromwich Albion have no losses in 14 of their 15 most recent encounters with Sunderland in all competitions.

Team news and Sunderland will be without Daniel Ballard who is recovering from a broken foot.

West Bromwich Albion have no injury or suspension concerns for this game and should be at full strength.

This should be a tight game and we expect to see under 2.5 goals scored. Sunderland have not been easy to beat of late but West Bromwich Albion have hit a bit of form and they have a good record against Sunderland.

Therefore, we predict West Bromwich Albion to come away with a narrow 1-0 victory from this match.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

Coef.

Score

Live
coef.

CH

Sunderland West Bromwich 12/12/2022 21:00

333136

2

0 - 1

2.08

-2°

2.38

3.00 3.25 2.38 no no no

FT

1 - 2(1 - 0)

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