Sunderland pack their bags to visit Bradford City at The Bradford & Bingley Stadium on Saturday evening,
The previous match played between the two at The Bradford & Bingley Stadium was within the last three years, in December 2000, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Sun 21 Jan | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Bradford City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 26 Dec | Bradford City | 1 - 4 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 24 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Bradford City | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 02 Oct | Bradford City | 0 - 4 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 09 Mar | Bradford City | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 03 Oct | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Bradford City | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 26 Dec | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Bradford City | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bradford City's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Bantams have scored 4, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Sunderland's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Black Cats have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Bradford City find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 4 points from their 4 matches. Sunderland's 6 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bradford City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Sunderland on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Bradford City. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bradford City | Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | 10 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 19 outings ago. |