Sunderland vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th August 2025

Premier League title favourites Sunderland begin their title challenge this coming Saturday in an opening day encounter with West Ham at Stadium of Light.

We expect to see some solid dedication from both Sunderland and West Ham as starting a season with a defeat is an undesirable outcome for anyone's morale.

Sunderland are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net five times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.5 goals per game, as they conceded 19 goals. They managed one clean sheets in these matches.

West Ham scored 14 goals, conceded 14 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Saturday.

Sunderland vs West Ham Prediction

Sunderland Form

Sunderland have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Coventry by 1-2. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 0-1 against Coventry, before achieving a 1-2 win against Sheffield United. Sunderland didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six Premier League games at the Stadium of Light. They have a record of two draws and four defeats, in which they conceded ten and scored two goals.

West Ham Form

Their past three matches saw West Ham beating Manchester United 0-2, losing 1-2 against Nottingham Forest, and beating Ipswich by 1-3. West Ham claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads eight goals conceded and nine scored.

West Ham and Sunderland seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues on Saturday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Sunderland vs West Ham Squads

Sunderland Squad

The 49-year-old coach of the home team, Regis Le Bris, will select the lineup against West Ham from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Anthony Patterson (0/0), Blondy Nna Noukeu (0/0), Robin Roefs (0/0), Simon Moore (0/0), Ajibola Alese (0/0), Arthur Masuaku (0/0), Daniel Ballard (0/0), Dennis Cirkin (0/0), Jenson Seelt (0/0), Joseph Anderson (0/0), Leo Hjelde (0/0), Luke O'Nien (0/0), Nectarios Triantis (0/0), Niall Huggins (0/0), Reinildo (0/0), Timothee Pembele (0/0), Trai Hume (0/0), Abdoullah Ba (0/0), Alan Browne (0/0), Chris Rigg (0/0), Daniel Neil (0/0), Enzo Le Fee (0/0), Granit Xhaka (0/0), Habib Diarra (0/0), Jay Matete (0/0), Milan Aleksic (0/0), Noah Sadiki (0/0), Patrick Roberts (0/0), Pierre Ekwah (0/0), Ahmed Abdullahi (0/0), Chemsdine Talbi (0/0), Eliezer Mayenda (0/0), Ian Poveda (0/0), Luis Semedo (0/0), Marc Guiu (0/0), Nazariy Rusyn (0/0), Romaine Mundle (0/0), Simon Adingra (0/0), Wilson Isidor (0/0).

West Ham Squad

Listed below is the full squad of West Ham players that the manager Graham Potter will choose from for the upcoming game:

Alphonse Areola (0/0), Krisztian Hegyi (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/0), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (0/0), Emerson (0/0), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/0), Kaelan Casey (0/0), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/0), Max Kilman (0/0), Nayef Aguerd (0/0), Andy Irving (0/0), Crysencio Summerville (0/0), Edson Alvarez (0/0), Freddie Potts (0/0), George Earthy (0/0), Guido Rodriguez (0/0), James Ward-Prowse (0/0), Lucas Paqueta (0/0), Luis Guilherme (0/0), Malick Diouf (0/0), Mohamadou Kante (0/0), Oliver Scarles (0/0), Tomas Soucek (0/0), Callum Marshall (0/0), Callum Wilson (0/0), Jarrod Bowen (0/0), Lewis Orford (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/0), Niclas Fuellkrug (0/0).

Sunderland vs West Ham Team News

Sunderland are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces West Ham.

Sidelined with an injury, Sunderland can't field Daniel Ballard this coming Saturday against West Ham.

West Ham have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match on Saturday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands. Nayef Aguerd and Edson Alvarez racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the West Ham travelling party for their next match.

Sunderland vs West Ham Lineups

Sunderland vs West Ham H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Saturday? Sunderland enter the match against West Ham with a 1-5-4 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 10%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Sunderland vs West Ham Results

Both teams to score paid out five times in the previous ten matches between home side Sunderland and West Ham. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2/3.

Sunderland vs West Ham Betting Tips

As the new Premier League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Sunderland and West Ham this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Sunderland claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing six. West Ham won five of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost four of the games in this run. West Ham probably have a good feeling about scoring on Saturday with Sunderland managing one lousy clean sheet in the previous 10 home games. The visitors fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous 10 away games.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. Sunderland managed an average of one goal, with West Ham averaging 1.1 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Sunderland’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. In the last ten games for West Ham, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.8 times goals per game themselves.