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Sunderland face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 67 games played, The Black Cats have recorded 18 wins, and Stoke City have come away with 33 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2009, the Potters carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 06 Nov | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Mon 01 Feb | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 29 Aug | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 07 Feb | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Wed 29 Oct | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 13 Mar | Sunderland | 2 - 2 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 17 Oct | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
The The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The The Black Cats's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Stoke City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 30 points from their 24 games played so far, Sunderland's total of 37 points from their 25 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 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Stoke City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Sunderland | 4 games since last away draw. |