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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Leeds United at Elland Road on Friday evening, 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 25 and win only 8 of the 44 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was within the last three years, in August 2002, with Sunderland inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Whites in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Leeds Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 28 Aug | Leeds Utd. | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 07 Apr | Leeds Utd. | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 18 Nov | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Leeds Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 31 Mar | Sunderland | 0 - 2 | Leeds Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Dec | Leeds Utd. | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 23 Jan | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Leeds Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Leeds United are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Whites in those games, with 4 conceded.
In complete contrast to Leeds Utd., Sunderland are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Black Cats's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Leeds Utd.'s 12 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Sunderland lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 14 from their 9 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leeds Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Whites, as the Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leeds Utd. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Sunderland | 5 games since last defeat. |