Sunderland are ready to welcome Bradford City to Stadium Of Light on Friday afternoon, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 18 games played, Black Cats have recorded 6 wins, and Bradford City have come away with 3 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Stadium Of Light was within the last three years, in January 2001, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 30 Aug | Bradford City | 0 - 4 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland haven't lost in their last six home matches, but have drawn four of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 3.
The away form of Bradford City is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Bantams have conceded 6 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Sunderland lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 38 points from their 24 games so far. Bradford City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide League Division One with a return of just 17 points from their 24 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Bradford City | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Though Sunderland are not exactly setting the world alight at Stadium Of Light in recent games, I can confidently predict that they will easily sweep aside the opposition put before them. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. |
| Bradford City | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 9 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |