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Who will win Manchester City vs Sunderland?

Manchester City 53 Sunderland. Before kick-off the model gave Manchester City 60%, the draw 23% and Sunderland 17%, with a score pick of 20. Every prediction is published before the match and never revised.

— Onside (onsidearena.com), predictions graded in public.

Every scoreline, priced

MCI goals down, SUN goals across

MCISUN 0SUN 1SUN 2SUN 3SUN 4SUN 5
MCI 04.9%2.3%1.3%0.4%0.1%0.0%
MCI 18.6%8.8%3.2%0.9%0.2%0.0%
MCI 211.5%9.4%3.9%1.1%0.2%0.0%
MCI 39.2%7.6%3.1%0.9%0.2%0.0%
MCI 45.5%4.6%1.9%0.5%0.1%0.0%
MCI 52.7%2.2%0.9%0.2%0.1%0.0%

The engine’s scoreline probabilities — the joint chance of each exact score from the same expected-goals model behind the win call above. The outlined cell is the single most probable score (20); scores with either side on 6+ goals sum to 3.5%.

Full time · GW5 · model pl-dc-v2

Manchester City v Sunderland53

Onside's model gives Manchester City a 60% chance of beating Sunderland in Gameweek 5, with 23% on the draw and 17% on an away win. The score prediction is Manchester City 20 Sunderland, from expected goals of 2.41 to 0.82. Every Onside prediction is recorded before kickoff and graded in public.

Manchester City
60%
Draw
23%
Sunderland
17%
Model pick: 20 · most probable 20
OUR RECORD — MODEL RECEIPTS →
Was the model right?
Model pick · locked pre-kickoff
10
Final score
53
Graded
+2 · right result

Recorded before kickoff, graded by the same 5/3/2/0 scoring as every player in the prediction league. Full season record: model receipts.

SCORELINE DISTRIBUTION · ONSIDE MODEL

Top 5 likely scorelines · model receipts

EXPECTED GOALS
2.410.82
★ MODE
20
11.5%
21
9.4%
30
9.2%
11
8.8%
10
8.6%
OVER 2.5 GOALS
63%
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
52%

Model updated from 50 played matches. Scorelines computed from Onside's match model. The mode is the single most likely result; the full grid sums to 100%.

Why the model leans this way
Manchester City
Attack ranks #1 and defence #2 of 20 on Onside's xG-based ratings, with home advantage worth ×1.09 on goal rate.
Sunderland
Attack ranks #16, defence #17. Expected goals in this fixture: 2.410.82.

Ratings are fitted on three seasons of expected goals with time decay, refreshed after every match, and blended with the betting market where prices exist (pl-dc-v2). Availability of key attackers adjusts goal rates before kickoff.

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