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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Bolton Wanderers at Reebok Stadium on Saturday afternoon, 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 33 and win only 13 of the 64 games.
The previous match played between the two at Reebok Stadium was more than three years back, in January 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a F.A. Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Sunderland | 0 - 2 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 14 Jan | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 04 Jan | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 28 Oct | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Sep | Bolton Wdrs. | 0 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Bolton Wanderers are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the The Trotters in those games, with 3 conceded.
The away form of Sunderland is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Black Cats have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Bolton Wdrs.'s 45 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 29 games have yielded only 10 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
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 Bolton Wdrs.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bolton Wdrs. | Unbeaten in the last 20 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |