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Aston Villa vs Sunderland: result 2-1 and analysis

ChampionshipRegular Season - 18Kick-off on November 21, 2017 at 07:45 PM (UTC)Villa Park, Birmingham

Aston Villa
2-1
Sunderland

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What was the result of Aston Villa vs Sunderland?

Aston Villa won 2-1 on November 21, 2017.

Goalscorers

  • 10′A. AdomahAston Villa
  • 49′J. OnomahAston Villa
  • 72′L. GrabbanSunderland

Official lineup for Aston Villa vs Sunderland

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Aston Villa

4-4-1-1
  1. 18J. Onomah
  1. 39K. Davis
  1. 14C. Hourihane
  2. 37A. Adomah
  3. 7R. Snodgrass
  4. 6G. Whelan
  1. 5J. Chester
  2. 3N. Taylor
  3. 4C. Samba
  4. 21Alan Hutton
  1. 1S. Johnstone

Sunderland

4-1-4-1
  1. 11L. Grabban
  1. 26G. Honeyman
  2. 27L. Gooch
  3. 13Callum Henry McManaman
  4. 24Darron Gibson
  1. 19A. McGeady
  1. 18Jiang Guangtai
  2. 21A. Matthews
  3. 3B. Oviedo
  4. 16J. O'Shea
  1. 25R. Ruiter
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Aston Villa have 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats; Sunderland have 1, 6 and 8.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Aston Villa
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Nov 18, 2017QPR(away)2-1Championship
Nov 4, 2017Sheffield Wednesday(home)1-2Championship
Nov 1, 2017Preston(away)2-0Championship
Oct 29, 2017Birmingham(away)0-0Championship
Oct 21, 2017Fulham(home)2-1Championship
Sunderland
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Nov 18, 2017Millwall(home)2-2Championship
Nov 5, 2017Middlesbrough(away)0-1Championship
Oct 31, 2017Bolton(home)3-3Championship
Oct 28, 2017Bristol City(home)1-2Championship
Oct 21, 2017Brentford(away)3-3Championship

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 2 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws, 1 Sunderland win.

DateScoreCompetition
Jan 2, 2016Sunderland 3-1 Aston VillaPremier League
Aug 29, 2015Aston Villa 2-2 SunderlandPremier League
Mar 14, 2015Sunderland 0-4 Aston VillaPremier League
Dec 28, 2014Aston Villa 0-0 SunderlandPremier League
Jan 1, 2014Sunderland 0-1 Aston VillaPremier League
Nov 30, 2013Aston Villa 0-0 SunderlandPremier League

Last archived meeting: Sunderland vs Aston Villa on Jan 2, 2016

How many goals should we expect?

Aston Villa score 1.5 and concede 0.7 goals per match over their last 15; Sunderland score 1.3 and concede 2.1.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Aston Villa1.50.776/157/15
Sunderland1.32.1011/1511/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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