Sunderland vs Fulham prediction — 2026-08-30

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Premier League · Regular Season - 2 · 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC · Stadium of Light, Sunderland

SunderlandTeam strength 1735.9 · projected league finish #17

MOST LIKELY RESULT

Fulham

single most likely score: 1–1 (13.5%)

FulhamTeam strength 1813.1 · projected league finish #12

Sunderland wins 32.6%Draw — neither team wins 28.4%Fulham wins 39.0%Average simulated goals 1.32–1.46

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

Why does Fulham have the highest number? Fulham 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 1.32for Sunderland and 1.46 for Fulham. That makes Fulham the highest of the three result estimates at 39.0%. For the full league season, Sunderland is projected to earn about 42points and Fulham about 51. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Sunderland a 32.6% chance of beating Fulham at home in the Premier League on 2026-08-30, with 28.4% for the draw and 39.0% for an away win. The single most likely score is 1–1 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.32–1.46; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.8% 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	7.5	6.6	3.2	1.2	0.4
1	6.6	13.5	8.7	4.3	1.6	0.6
2	5.4	7.9	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.4
3	2.4	3.5	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2
4	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.1
5+	0.3	0.4	0.3	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 13.5%1–2 8.7%2–1 7.9%0–0 7.7%0–1 7.5%1–0 6.6%

Other match possibilities

Both teams to score		57.8%
2 or more total goals		78.1%
3 or more total goals		52.6%
4 or more total goals		30.4%
Sunderland avoids defeat		61.0%
Fulham avoids defeat		67.4%
Sunderland allows no goals		23.2%
Fulham allows no goals		26.7%