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Man. City pack their bags to visit Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Stadium Of Light was within the last three years, in August 2005, with Man. City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Black Cats in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Mon 05 Nov | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 05 Mar | Man. City | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 23 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | Man. City | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 09 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 3 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Dec | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 23 Aug | Man. City | 4 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the The Black Cats in those games, with 3 conceded.
Man. City have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Sky Blues have hit 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Sunderland see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 36 points from their 33 games played so far, Man. City's 49 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Man. City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Black Cats, as the Sky Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | 10 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Man. City | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |