Sunderland v Chelsea, Premier League
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Stadium of Light
Our model, until the team news
Predicted line-ups
Sunderland
4-2-3-1
Chelsea
4-2-3-1
22Roefs
17Reinildo
4Danso- 13O'Nien
32Hume
34Xhaka
27Sadiki
10Angulo
28Le Fée- 11Rigg
9Brobbey
39Penders- 2Palestra
- 6Colwill
- 3Fofana
- 34Acheampong
25Caicedo
45Lavia
17Rogers10Palmer
41Estêvão
7Pedro Neto
Bench
39Fofana
29Ahoka
6Méthalie- 57Tuterov
12Meunier
20Mukiele
18Isidor
Bench
14Henderson
18Welbeck
27Gusto- 23Quenda
4Barco- 29Chavarría
- 31Watson
Sunderland
From 15 games this season; 4-2-3-1, the shape in 100% of them, weighted to recent games.
Close calls
- Reinildo or Méthalie
- Brobbey or Tuterov
Out or doubtful
- AldereteSuspended, expected back early November
- MukieleDoubtful
- DiarraInjured, expected back About 1-2 weeks
- BallardInjured, expected back early November
- MundleInjured, expected back early January
Injury and suspension news read for this game.
Chelsea
From 12 games this season; 4-2-3-1, the shape in 51% of them, weighted to recent games.
Out or doubtful
- LacroixInjured, expected back early January
- HatoInjured, expected back mid November
- Emi MartínezInjured, expected back early November
- João PedroInjured, expected back early November
- JamesInjured, expected back mid January
- GittensInjured, expected back Back in training
- AnselminoInjured, expected back mid November
Injury and suspension news read for this game.
Our guess from each side's line-ups this season, recent form, the opponent and the injury news. The confirmed line-ups replace it about an hour before kick-off. Photos: Timmy96 / CC0 · Loaf 1212, CC BY 4.0 · Quintin Soloviev / CC BY 4.0 · 13tez / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bryan Berlin / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carlo Bruil Fotografie / CC BY 2.0 · Paté kroute / CC0 · Steffen Prößdorf / CC BY-SA 4.0 · The White House, Public domain · NullReason / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Кирилл Венедиктов / CC BY-SA 3.0
Last 5 games
Coming in form
Sunderland
20th in the table
- D
- D
- W
- L
- L
- Goals
- 5–8
- xG for / against
- 9.6–8.2
- xG difference per game
- +0.27
Chelsea
4th in the table
- W
- W
- L
- D
- W
- Goals
- 10–4
- xG for / against
- 7.8–5.9
- xG difference per game
- +0.38
From our model
Our call
Our call
0–1
Frozen at kick-off, never changed afterwards. A model estimate, not betting advice.
- SUN 23%
- Draw 25%
- CHE 52%
Likeliest scores
0–1
12%
0–2
12%
1–1
11%
Even the likeliest score happens in only about 1 game in 8, so here are the top three.
- Chelsea took 9 points from their last 5, Sunderland 1
- Sunderland haven't won in 5
- Last meeting: Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea (24 May 2026)
This season
Players to watch
Sunderland
- Brobbey3 goals3 goals, 0 assists, 3.4 xG in 7 games
- Le Fée2 goals, 1 assist2 goals, 1 assist, 3.0 xG in 9 games
Chelsea
- João Pedro5 goals, 3 assists5 goals, 3 assists, 3.0 xG in 6 games
- Rogers5 goals, 1 assist5 goals, 1 assist, 2.8 xG in 9 games
Recent meetings
Head to head
These two have not met in the games we hold.