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Man. City face a trip to Sunderland at The Stadium of Light on Sunday 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 most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2008, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Dec | Man. City | 4 - 3 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 22 Mar | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 31 Aug | Sunderland | 0 - 3 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland haven't lost in their last six home matches, but have drawn four of them. The The Black Cats have scored 9 and conceded 2 during this period.
Man. City have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Sky Blues's have scored 12 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 13.
Sunderland see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 30 points from their 28 games played so far, Man. City's total of 49 points from their 27 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Man. City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Sky Blues has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Sunderland. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. |
| Man. City | No sequences of note |