Ipswich vs Sunderland prediction — 2026-08-22

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Premier League · Regular Season - 1 · 2026-08-22 14:00 UTC · Portman Road, Ipswich

IpswichTeam strength 1640 · projected league finish #19

MOST LIKELY RESULT

Sunderland

single most likely score: 1–1 (13.4%)

SunderlandTeam strength 1735.9 · projected league finish #17

Ipswich wins 30.5%Draw — neither team wins 28.3%Sunderland wins 41.2%Average simulated goals 1.27–1.51

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Sunderland have the highest number? Sunderland currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Ipswich playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.27for Ipswich and 1.51 for Sunderland. That makes Sunderland the highest of the three result estimates at 41.2%. For the full league season, Ipswich is projected to earn about 30points and Sunderland about 42. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Ipswich a 30.5% chance of beating Sunderland at home in the Premier League on 2026-08-22, with 28.3% for the draw and 41.2% for an away win. The single most likely score is 1–1 (13.4%), with average simulated goals of 1.27–1.51; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.6% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores

	0	1	2	3	4	5+
0	7.7	7.8	7.1	3.5	1.3	0.5
1	6.3	13.4	9.0	4.5	1.7	0.7
2	5.0	7.6	5.7	2.9	1.1	0.4
3	2.1	3.2	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.2
4	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.1
5+	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores

1–1 13.4%1–2 9.0%0–1 7.8%0–0 7.7%2–1 7.6%0–2 7.1%

Other match possibilities

Both teams to score		57.6%
2 or more total goals		78.1%
3 or more total goals		52.6%
4 or more total goals		30.4%
Ipswich avoids defeat		58.8%
Sunderland avoids defeat		69.5%
Ipswich allows no goals		22.1%
Sunderland allows no goals		28.0%