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Sunderland face a trip to Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Black Cats have beating their opponents 3 times from 5 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in an League Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 21 Sep | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 3 | Sunderland | LC |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | Sunderland | 3 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 May | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 22 Nov | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 28 Dec | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 03 Nov | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 4 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 18 Apr | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While The Railwaymen have scored 6, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Sunderland's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Black Cats's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Crewe Alex. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 43 points from their 36 matches. Sunderland are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 69 points from the 36 games they have played so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its been an indifferent run of form for the Black Cats of late away from home, but your FootyMad panel sees things improving, starting here at The Alexandra Stadium with Sunderland coasting to victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 11 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |