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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 72 games played, Black Cats have recorded 19 wins, and Liverpool have come away with 35 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Anfield was within the last three years, in November 2002, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 15 Dec | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 17 Nov | Liverpool | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 25 Nov | Liverpool | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Feb | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Liverpool | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 11 Mar | Liverpool | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Liverpool are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Reds, with 4 goals against.
Sunderland's away form is equally impressive, remaining unbeaten in their last six, winning five and drawing the one. Those games have seen the Black Cats pummel 11 goals, and let in 4.
Liverpool see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 1 points from their 1 games played so far, Sunderland are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 0 points from 1 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are performing with pride on their travels, but the FootyMad panel believes it may not be enough to prevent the Reds coming away with a hard-fought home win. Home win.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Liverpool | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 8 matches. |
| Sunderland | Undefeated in last 6 away games. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |