RadarManchester United FC – Sunderland AFC
Premier League · Matchday 18 ·
Model estimate
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The model's chances for a home win, a draw and an away win. ❄ = the estimate was frozen within the last hour before kick-off (the model runs hourly) and no longer changes; “provisional” = it can still change until it is frozen. How good the model is can be seen on the calibration page.
No estimate yet: the model looks 14 days ahead, and a team needs 8 matches in the model window.
In three sentences
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Three sentences, each from a figure in our database: what happened (streaks, form or head-to-head), why it matters today (rest, congestion, table, derby) and what the model estimates. Nothing hand-written, nothing guessed.
As of today, the home side are winless in their last 5 matches. The home side are 1 point above the bottom three with 31 matches left. The model has no estimate for this match yet.
Form, streaks, position and points are today's (25 Oct 2026), not the ones at kick-off: before this match the home side still have 10 league matches to play, the away side 10.
Side by side at a glance
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Both teams side by side at a glance: position, Elo, recent results, points rate, goals and rest, with the league average where it makes sense. Each number is detailed further down the page.
points rate 47% vs 37%
The home and away teams before the match, from their matches in a row. ● = ahead on that row. League = average over the last 12 months.
| Man United | Sunderland | League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| League position | 15th of 20 · 7 pts ● | 20th of 20 · 4 pts | — |
| Elo rating | 1556 ● | 1486 | — |
| Last 5 | DLDDD | DLLLL | — |
| Points rate (last 10) | 47% ● | 37% | 45% |
| Goals scored per match (10) | 1.6 ● | 1.1 | — |
| Goals conceded per match (10) | 1.2 ● | 1.6 | — |
| At venue (10): home team at home, away team away | 73% | 40% | 49% · 41% |
| Both teams score (10) | 6 of 10 | 5 of 10 | 57% |
| 3+ goals in the match (10) | 4 of 10 | 4 of 10 | 53% |
| Days of rest | 3 | 4 | — |
Home side at home · visitors away n = 3 · 4
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The home side only in its home matches, the visitors only in their away matches, this season: goals scored and conceded, how often both teams scored, how often there were 3+ goals, how often they kept a clean sheet and how often they failed to score. Under each percentage: out of how many matches, and the league average on the same matches. It describes what happened, not what comes next.
scored / match: 2.00 vs 1.25
| Man United at home | Sunderland away | |
|---|---|---|
| matches | 3 | 4 |
| scored / match | 2.00league 1.57 | 1.25league 1.27 |
| conceded / match | 1.33league 1.27 | 2.50league 1.57 |
| both scored | 67%2 of 3 · league 52% | 75%3 of 4 · league 52% |
| 3+ goals | 33%1 of 3 · league 52% | 50%2 of 4 · league 52% |
| clean sheet | 0%0 of 3 · league 25% | 0%0 of 4 · league 29% |
| failed to score | 33%1 of 3 · league 29% | 25%1 of 4 · league 25% |
Match radar
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Six things that happened in each team's last 20 league matches before this one, next to how often they happened across the whole league in the year before the match. The further a point is from the centre, the more often it happened. It is not a rating and does not say who wins.
Wins: 45% vs 30% · league 34%
Man UnitedSunderlandleague, year before the match · n = 275
| Man United | league | Sunderland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winswon the match | 45%9 of 2026–66% | 34%189 of 55031–38% | 30%6 of 2015–52% |
| Scoresscored at least once | 85%17 of 2064–95% | 74%409 of 55071–78% | 65%13 of 2043–82% |
| 3+ goalsat least 3 goals in the match, both teams (2-1 counts, 1-1 does not) | 55%11 of 2034–74% | 53%147 of 27548–59% | 40%8 of 2022–61% |
| Both teams scoreboth teams scored (1-1 counts, 2-0 does not) | 70%14 of 2048–85% | 57%156 of 27551–62% | 50%10 of 2030–70% |
| Concedesconceded at least once | 80%16 of 2058–92% | 74%409 of 55071–78% | 80%16 of 2058–92% |
| Leads at half-timemore goals at the break (1-0 counts, 1-1 does not) | 30%6 of 2015–52% | 29%161 of 55026–33% | 15%3 of 205–36% |
Under each percentage: the 95% confidence interval. The rings in the chart: 25, 50, 75 and 100%.
Form before the match
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Each team's last 5 matches before this one: anywhere, and separately the home side at home / the away side away. Points, wins-draws-losses, goals.
points, last 5: 4 vs 1
Man United · Last 5, anywhere n = 5
Sunderland · Last 5, anywhere n = 5
Man United · Last 5 at home n = 5
Sunderland · Last 5 away n = 5
What changed
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Each team's direction before the match: the previous 5 matches against the last 5 (points, goals, how strong the opponents were by Elo) and how many Elo points it gained or lost. It says what happened, not why or what comes next; 5 matches are few.
Points (of 15): 10 → 4 vs 10 → 1
The previous 5 matches → the last 5, played before kick-off.
| Man United | Sunderland | |
|---|---|---|
| Points (of 15) | 10 → 4 ▼ | 10 → 1 ▼ |
| Goals scored per match | 2.2 → 1.0 ▼ | 1.4 → 0.8 ▼ |
| Goals conceded per match | 1.2 → 1.2 = | 0.8 → 2.4 ▲ |
| Average Elo of the opponents | 1490 (4 of 5) → 1533 tougher opponents | 1505 → 1607 tougher opponents |
| Elo over the last 5 matches | −6 (1556) | −19 (1486) |
Context
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Figures about both teams' situation before the match, in real units: days since the previous match on the calendar (league and Champions League; domestic cups are not in the free source), matches in the 7 and 14 days before, position and points distance to the important zones with matches remaining, the simulator impact when the match is near, and each team's coach on the match date with the league matches led before it (Wikidata; the current one only if football-data.org names the same person). What the free source does not give is shown as such, not hidden.
rest days: 3 vs 4
| Man United | Sunderland | |
|---|---|---|
| days since last match | 3 | 4 |
| matches in last 7 days | 1 | 1 |
| matches in last 14 days | 2 | 2 |
| position today | 15 (7 pts) | 20 (4 pts) |
| points off 1st | 14 | 17 |
| points off top 4 | 6 | 9 |
| points above bottom 3 | 1 | bottom 3 · 2 off 17th |
| matches left (incl. this one) | 21 | 21 |
| coach (league matches led before) | Michael Carrick since 13 Jan 2026 · 24 matches | Régis Le Bris since 1 Jul 2024 · 45 matches |
| travel distance (away side) | — | ≈ 170 km |
Weather: the forecast appears 3 days before kick-off.
no data in the free source: absentees, starting XI.
Head-to-head
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The latest head-to-head matches in our database, with the score and who played at home. Few matches = little information; an old result says nothing about today's.
Man United 1-1-0 (n = 2)
Man United 1-1-0 (n = 2)
| home | away | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2026 | Sunderland | 0–0 | Man United |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Man United | 2–0 | Sunderland |
Ongoing streaks
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Both teams' ongoing streaks before the match: matches in a row unbeaten, scoring, keeping a clean sheet and so on. A streak describes the past; today's match can end it.
Manchester United FC · unbeaten: 3
| now | longest in our database | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United FC | unbeaten | 3 | 11 |
| Manchester United FC | winless | 5 | 8 |
| Manchester United FC | scoring | 3 | 23 |
| Manchester United FC | conceding | 7 | 10 |
| Manchester United FC | both teams score | 3 | 6 |
| Sunderland AFC | winless | 5 | 5 |
| Sunderland AFC | conceding | 5 | 7 |
Updated 25 Oct 2026 07:20