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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Chelsea at Stamford Bridge 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 31 and win only 8 of the 51 games.
The previous match played between the two at Stamford Bridge was within the last three years, in November 2002, with Chelsea running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Chelsea | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Chelsea | 4 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 09 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | Chelsea | 2 - 4 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 04 Dec | Sunderland | 4 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Blues have scored 9 and conceded 1 during this period.
The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Black Cats's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 12 points from the 4 games played. Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 4 games have yielded only 0 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Black Cats are doing reasonably well on their travels in recent games, but FootyMad think this will not be enough to stop what should be a relatively comfortable home win for Chelsea. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |