Sunderland pack their bags to visit Coventry City at Highfield Road Stadium on Monday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 8 and win only 3 of the 15 games.
The previous match played between the two at Highfield Road Stadium was within the last three years, in April 2001, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 Nov | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Coventry City | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 16 Apr | Coventry City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 28 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 12 Feb | Coventry City | 3 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 29 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | PREM |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 01 Jan | Coventry City | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 21 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Coventry City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 25 points from their 21 matches. Sunderland's 34 points from 21 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 |
| Coventry City | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Black Cats has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Coventry City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Drawn last 3 games at home. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Drawn each of their last 4 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | No win in the 2 most recent games. |