Match summary
Sunderland won 2-0 at home to Watford. Sunderland led 1-0 at half-time.
Niall Huggins put Sunderland ahead in the 43rd minute and Abdoullah Ba made it 2-0 with a header in the 62nd minute.
The chances backed that up: Sunderland created 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Watford's 0.40 from 11. Watford had a player sent off.
Before kick-off
Sunderland win
46%
Avg odds 2.07
Draw
27%
Avg odds 3.48
Watford win
27%
Avg odds 3.57
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.