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Sunderland prepare to entertain Blackburn Rovers at Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 41 wins out of 63 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Stadium Of Light was just last season, in March 2006, with Blackburn R. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the The Black Cats in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Mar | Sunderland | 0-1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 15 Feb | Blackburn R. | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the The Black Cats in those games, with 7 conceded.
Blackburn R. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
Sunderland find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 7 matches. Blackburn R.'s 9 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Blackburn R. will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | 8 games since last home draw. |
| Blackburn R. | Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |