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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Leicester City at Walkers 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Walkers Stadium was more than three years back, in November 2001, the Foxes carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Mon 01 Apr | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 03 Nov | Leicester City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 24 Feb | Leicester City | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 01 Oct | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 05 Mar | Leicester City | 5 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 11 Sep | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Wed 17 Feb | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | LC |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Black Cats's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Leicester City's 24 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 31 points from 18 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Black Cats has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Leicester City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Sunderland | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |