Sunderland vs Brighton prediction — 2026-10-10

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Premier League · Regular Season - 6 · 2026-10-10 14:00 UTC · Stadium of Light, Sunderland

SunderlandTeam strength 1735.9 · projected league finish #17

MOST LIKELY RESULT

Brighton

single most likely score: 1–1 (13.4%)

BrightonTeam strength 1842 · projected league finish #7

Sunderland wins 29.4%Draw — neither team wins 28.2%Brighton wins 42.4%Average simulated goals 1.25–1.53

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

Why does Brighton have the highest number? Brighton currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Sunderland playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.25for Sunderland and 1.53 for Brighton. That makes Brighton the highest of the three result estimates at 42.4%. For the full league season, Sunderland is projected to earn about 42points and Brighton about 55. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Sunderland a 29.4% chance of beating Brighton at home in the Premier League on 2026-10-10, with 28.2% for the draw and 42.4% for an away win. The single most likely score is 1–1 (13.4%), with average simulated goals of 1.25–1.53; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.4% 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	8.0	7.3	3.7	1.4	0.6
1	6.2	13.4	9.1	4.6	1.8	0.7
2	4.8	7.4	5.7	2.9	1.1	0.5
3	2.0	3.1	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.2
4	0.6	1.0	0.7	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 9.1%0–1 8.0%0–0 7.7%2–1 7.4%0–2 7.3%

Other match possibilities

Both teams to score		57.4%
2 or more total goals		78.1%
3 or more total goals		52.6%
4 or more total goals		30.4%
Sunderland avoids defeat		57.6%
Brighton avoids defeat		70.6%
Sunderland allows no goals		21.6%
Brighton allows no goals		28.7%