Chelsea vs Sunderland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th October 2025

Sunderland go up against Chelsea on Saturday for a Premier League meeting at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea are number 5 in the table on 14 points after eight matches. Sunderland rank as number 7 with 14 points after eight matches played.

Chelsea took down Sunderland in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Saturday.

Chelsea step into their next home match on Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 18 goals, while also allowing nine goals against. That is an average of 0.9 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet five times in those matches.

Sunderland are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net ten times in ten matches. This is an average of just one goals a game in which they conceded 13 times, an average of 1.3 per game. They managed four clean sheets in these.

Chelsea had a good reading on Sunderland in their last two meetings, which they won by 1-0 and 5-1, respectively.

Chelsea vs Sunderland Prediction

Chelsea Form

Chelsea are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 2-1 win against Liverpool. They went on to beat Nottingham Forest by 0-3, before also getting the better of Ajax in a 5-1 victory. Chelsea won four of their previous six Premier League games at the Stamford Bridge. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded five and scored nine goals.

Standards are high at a club like Chelsea and as such the season is so far going according to plan.

Sunderland Form

Their past three matches saw Sunderland beating Nottingham Forest 0-1, losing 2-0 against Manchester United, and beating Wolverhampton by 2-0. Sunderland managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring 11 time and letting in two.

Ambitions are high for Sunderland, and winning the title is still possible, but they need to raise their level to achieve the highest prize.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Chelsea and Sunderland.

Chelsea have taken four points from their last four games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won one of these matches with a scoreline of four goals to six. Sunderland took zero wins from their last two games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They collected one points, scored zero goals and conceded two. Chelsea are looking at a record of four wins, two draws and two defeats in the Premier League this season. Sunderland are looking at four wins, two draws and two defeats in the Premier League.

Chelsea vs Sunderland Squads

Chelsea Squad

Enzo Maresca will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Sunderland from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Filip Joergensen (0/1), Gabriel Slonina (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/8), Axel Disasi (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/2), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Jorrel Hato (0/4), Josh Acheampong (1/4), Levi Colwill (0/0), Malo Gusto (0/7), Marc Cucurella (0/8), Reece James (1/8), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/5), Trevoh Chalobah (2/7), Wesley Fofana (0/3), Andrey Santos (0/6), Cole Palmer (1/3), Dario Essugo (0/0), Enzo Fernandez (3/7), Facundo Buonanotte (0/1), Jamie Gittens (0/6), Moises Caicedo (3/8), Romeo Lavia (0/3), Tyrique George (0/3), Alejandro Garnacho (0/3), Estevao (1/7), Joao Pedro (2/8), Liam Delap (0/3), Marc Guiu (0/4), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/0), Pedro Neto (2/8), Raheem Sterling (0/0), Shumaira Mheuka (0/0).

Sunderland Squad

Below is the full team squad of Sunderland. The manager Le Bris will pick his starting XI against Chelsea from these players:

Anthony Patterson (0/0), Blondy Nna Noukeu (0/0), Robin Roefs (0/8), Simon Moore (0/0), Ajibola Alese (0/0), Arthur Masuaku (0/3), Daniel Ballard (1/6), Dennis Cirkin (0/0), Joseph Anderson (0/0), Leo Hjelde (0/0), Luke O'Nien (0/0), Lutsharel Geertruida (0/5), Nordi Mukiele (1/6), Omar Alderete (1/8), Reinildo (0/5), Timothee Pembele (0/0), Trai Hume (0/8), Abdoullah Ba (0/0), Chris Rigg (0/5), Daniel Neil (0/0), Enzo Le Fee (1/7), Granit Xhaka (0/8), Habib Diarra (0/4), Jay Matete (0/0), Noah Sadiki (0/8), Ahmed Abdullahi (0/0), Bertrand Traore (0/3), Brian Brobbey (0/3), Chemsdine Talbi (0/8), Eliezer Mayenda (1/6), Ian Poveda (0/0), Romaine Mundle (0/0), Simon Adingra (0/6), Wilson Isidor (3/8).

Chelsea vs Sunderland Team News

Sunderland just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge.

Daniel Ballard is too injured to face Sunderland.

Chelsea vs Sunderland Lineups

Chelsea vs Sunderland H2H

Chelsea go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 1-0 and 5-1 the last two times they played Sunderland. Chelsea will be hoping to add another win to their fine tally against Sunderland. They are enjoying a good 7-1-2 advantage against their forthcoming visitors. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 5/12.

Chelsea vs Sunderland Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Chelsea welcome Sunderland as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Chelsea vs Sunderland Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Moises Caicedo, who is performing well for The Blues. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Sunderland.The visitors will be looking to Wilson Isidor to find the net once again, after managing two Premier League goals for Sunderland in recent matches.

In their last 10 matches at Stamford Bridge across all tournaments Chelsea won eight times, drew one and lost one times. Sunderland claimed three wins, two draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Chelsea kept visitors at Stamford Bridge from scoring six times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Sunderland have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals came out six times in the past ten encounters between Chelsea and Sunderland, with the former on an average of 2.4 goals a game. Sunderland scored 1.3 goals per game and both teams scored eight times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Chelsea’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Sunderland's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches.