Stadium of Light weather

    Live weather and game-time forecast for the Stadium of Light, with kickoff conditions for every Sunderland home match.

    Home team: Sunderland
    Sunderland
    Capacity: 48,707

    Game-time forecast at Stadium of Light

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    The next English Premier League game at Stadium of Light is Brighton & Hove Albion at Sunderland, Saturday 10 October at 3:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Stadium of Light: Sunderland v Albion

    Sunderland v Brighton & Hove Albion weather at Stadium of Light

    Sunderland host Brighton & Hove Albion at Stadium of Light on Saturday 10 October at 3:00 pm venue time.

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    Live stadium conditions

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    Live readings are context only. The game-time read uses the forecast at kick-off.

    Why Stadium of Light plays differently

    The Stadium of Light stands on the north bank of the Wear, a mile from the North Sea, and easterly winds off the water are a genuine feature — cold, raw and straight into the open corners of the ground. Sunderland's winters are long and biting. The up side of the North Sea position: the east coast is one of England's drier strips, so rain delays are rare.

    Game-time weather read

    No fixture is scheduled at Stadium of Light yet. The game-time weather read is written automatically 3 hours before kick-off once a match is on the calendar.

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    Upcoming games at Stadium of Light

    • Brighton & Hove Albion at SunderlandSat, 10 Oct, 3:00 pm venue time
    • Leeds United at SunderlandSun, 25 Oct, 4:30 pm venue time

    Last games at Stadium of Light: conditions vs total

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    Stadium of Light weather FAQs

    Among the coldest in the league, especially when an easterly comes off the North Sea. Our 6,120-match temperature study found no scoring effect from cold, so expect uncomfortable stands, not fewer goals.

    Yes, particularly in easterly and northerly airflows. The ground's open corners let it through. League-wide our wind study found no significant scoring impact even in the windiest band.

    All kickoff times on this page are shown in UK local time (Europe/London), which is GMT in winter and BST in summer.

    About this page

    Stadium of Light weather is updated live and produces a game-time forecast read for every home fixture. The page uses one permanent URL for the ground; match-up details rotate as the schedule changes, so search results always point to current conditions. Our own studies of 6,120 English Premier League matches found rain, wind and temperature all leave goal totals statistically unchanged, so these pages stay honest: conditions and context, not exaggerated edge claims.

    What the research says

    The published studies behind the read on this page at Stadium of Light. Every figure is season-adjusted, with sample sizes and t-statistics shown.

    • English Premier League Rain & Goals

      Rain does not lower English Premier League scoring. Across 1,451 wet matches since 2010 the season-adjusted gap against dry matches is +0.06 goals (t = 1.15), and wet matches go Over 2.5 within noise of the closing odds (z = 1.61). A published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour weather at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Wind & Goals

      Wind does not lower English Premier League scoring. Matches in 20–30 km/h of kickoff wind sit -0.03 goals from calm matches of the same season (t = -0.52), and go Over 2.5 within noise of the closing odds (z = -0.50). Another published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour wind at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Temperature & Goals

      Temperature does not move English Premier League scoring. Matches below 5°C sit +0.03 season-adjusted goals from the mild control (t = 0.46), and matches at 20°C or warmer sit -0.03 (t = -0.30). A third published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour temperature at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Rain, Wind & Goals

      Rain and wind together do not move English Premier League scoring. Across 1,451 wet matches the season-adjusted gap from the dry-and-calm control is +0.08 goals (t = 1.28); the wet-and-windy subset is +0.03 goals (t = 0.37). A fourth published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour rainfall and wind at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

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