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Sunderland vs Brentford: Carabao Cup prediction, stats and bet builder tips

Sunderland
Carabao Cup
Today · 19:45 UTC
VS
Stadium of Light

Brentford
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Sunderland
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Top picksStarting XI only
Highest-confidence selections across every marketMost likely tackle96M. Sangaré
BRE · CDM
BRE · CDMMost likely foul93D. Methalie
SUN · LB
SUN · LBMost likely shot92Thiago
BRE · ST
BRE · STMost likely fouled86E. Le Fée
SUN · CAM
SUN · CAMMost likely booking76D. Methalie
SUN · LB
SUN · LBMost likely SoT59Thiago
BRE · ST
BRE · STMatch outcome
Dixon-Coles Bivariate Poisson
SUN32.1%DRAW27.2%
BRE40.7%Most likely score1–112.9% · xG 1.26–1.45
Over 1.576.0%Over 2.550.7%Over 3.528.5%Under 2.549.3%BTTS55.5%
InputsClub strength rating 1688 vs 1655 (rating diff 33), built from league table position and recent form.Uncertainty bands ±120 / ±120 widen the Poisson tails for low-data sides.Competition Carabao Cup, home advantage applied to the home lambda.
How the markets fall outλH 1.26, λA 1.45 feed a 0-5 probability grid with Dixon-Coles low-score correction.1X2 sums the grid by sign of (x − y); goal lines sum cells where x + y ≥ threshold; BTTS sums cells with x > 0 AND y > 0.Mode scoreline is the highest single-cell probability on the grid.
Goals and form
The record behind the projection, at this venue and in this competition
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Only genuine shouts · model + recent form · click any pick for reasoningShot on target 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningTHThiagoBrentford · ST
59low
1+best shout5950% hit2+3230% hit
SoT/90 1.07·Shots/90 2.27
Last 521000
A regular goal threat who works the keeper.
NAN. AnguloSunderland · LW
53low
1+best shout5357% hit2+1714% hit
SoT/90 0.88·Shots/90 1.45
Last 510112
Gets into shooting positions.
BBB. BrobbeySunderland · ST
51low
1+best shout5156% hit2+1925% hit
SoT/90 0.92·Shots/90 1.79
Last 500042
A regular goal threat who works the keeper.
Shots 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningTHThiagoBrentford · ST
92high
1+9295% hit2+best shout6865% hit
Shots/90 2.27·SoT/90 1.07
Last 523131
Gets his shots off regularly.
JAJ. AnthonyBrentford · LW/RW
82medium
1+best shout8290% hit2+4840% hit
Shots/90 1.89·SoT/90 0.76
Last 511242
Gets his shots off regularly.
TTTimur TuterovSunderland · ST
76medium
1+best shout7680% hit2+400% hit
Shots/90 1.42·SoT/90 0.37
Last 511011
Looks for his shot when the chance comes.
Yellow card
Top picks · click any pick for the reasoningDMD. MethalieSunderland · LB
76high
Cards/90 0.45·YC 11
Last 5✕✕✕✕
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix.
VJV. JaneltBrentford · CDM
74high
Cards/90 0.55·YC 14
Last 5✕✕
His card history is doing the talking.
KDK. DansoSunderland · CB
69high
Cards/90 0.34·YC 11
Last 5✕✕✕
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix.
Fouls committed 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningDMD. MethalieSunderland · LB
93high
1+9385% hit2+best shout6246% hit
Fouls/90 2.62·YC 11
Last 511004
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix.
THThiagoBrentford · ST
81medium
1+best shout8170% hit2+5445% hit
Fouls/90 1.92·YC 12
Last 504241
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix.
NAN. AnguloSunderland · LW
79medium
1+best shout7971% hit2+4136% hit
Fouls/90 1.70·YC 6
Last 512112
His workrate keeps him in the foul mix. Foul-to-card ratio 10.2: gets away with it.
Fouls drawn 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningEFE. Le FéeSunderland · CAM
86high
1+best shout8685% hit2+5150% hit
Drawn/90 1.41·Dribbles/90 0.62
Last 510412
Wins the odd free-kick in dangerous areas.
TTTimur TuterovSunderland · ST
82medium
1+best shout8260% hit2+450% hit
Drawn/90 1.33·Dribbles/90 1.89
Last 501110
Wins the odd free-kick in dangerous areas.
KSK. SchadeBrentford · LW
82medium
1+best shout8274% hit2+4332% hit
Drawn/90 1.43·Dribbles/90 0.66
Last 511020
Wins the odd free-kick in dangerous areas.
Tackles 1+ / 2+
Top picks · best shout highlighted · click any pick for reasoningMSM. SangaréBrentford · CDM
96high
1+9683% hit2+best shout8467% hit
Tackles/90 3.52·Int/90 1.54
Last 511326
A tackling machine, he’s everywhere.
NMN. MukieleSunderland · RB/CB
94high
1+9482% hit2+best shout6953% hit
Tackles/90 2.19·Int/90 1.47
Last 530112
Gets through a steady volume of tackles.
DMD. MethalieSunderland · LB
93high
1+best shout9385% hit2+5731% hit
Tackles/90 2.38·Int/90 1.11
Last 511013
Gets through a steady volume of tackles.
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Sunderland vs Brentford: how to use this page
How do I use BetBuilderAI to build a good bet on Sunderland vs Brentford?
Start from the numbers, not the names. Open Raw data to see every player in the fixture ranked by hit rate or per-90 for the prop you want, check Streaks for who is already on a run, then add your legs in Build your bet, where the combined price accounts for them being correlated.
Each tab does one job:
- Build your bet. assemble the slip leg by leg and the combined price accounts for the legs being correlated, which a naive multiplication does not. Golden picks, value picks and plays flag where the model disagrees with the bookmaker, and you can push a finished slip to the community and climb the tipster leaderboard.
- Predictions. the model’s call on every market above, with the components it used rather than just the output.
- Streaks. every active run in the game, so you can see who has made 1+ tackle in thirty straight matches and whether they did it against this opponent last time. Filter by competition, player or team.
- H2H. the recent meetings between these two, with average goals, the scorelines, the both-teams-to-score rate, and which players hit which props in the last two.
- Raw data. every player in the fixture as a filterable list, sortable by hit rate or per-90, so you can pull the ten most-fouling players in the game and take one straight into your builder.
- Stat pack. a shareable snapshot, the top five in each category with their last-five hit rates, for sending to whoever you are betting with.
Which player props can I price for Sunderland vs Brentford?
We price 8 player markets for Sunderland vs Brentford: anytime goalscorer, goal or assist, shots 1+ and 2+, shots on target 1+ and 2+, tackles 1+ and 2+, fouls committed 1+ and 2+, fouls won 1+ and 2+, to be booked. Each one shows the season hit rate, the per-90 rate and the last five results for every player in the fixture, so you can judge a leg before it costs you.
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Not once we know who is. Backing a player who starts on the bench is the most expensive mistake in a bet builder and the easiest to make, because most stats pages never update. Until the team sheets are published we show every fit player, then every board filters itself to the confirmed XI.
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