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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Wednesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 64 games played, Black Cats have recorded 16 wins, and Blackburn R. have come away with 30 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Ewood Park was more than three years back, in January 2003, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Wed 05 Feb | Sunderland | 2 - 2 | Blackburn R. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 25 Jan | Blackburn R. | 3 - 3 | Sunderland | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 11 Jan | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 17 Aug | Blackburn R. | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 26 Dec | Blackburn R. | 0 - 3 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 23 Jan | Blackburn R. | 3 - 1 | Sunderland | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 13 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 7 conceded.
In complete contrast to Blackburn R., Sunderland are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Black Cats have hit 5 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Blackburn R.'s 37 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 25 games have yielded only 10 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Black Cats are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Blackburn R.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackburn R. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |