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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Liverpool at Anfield at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 73 games played, The Black Cats have recorded 19 wins, and Liverpool have come away with 36 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Anfield was within the last three years, in August 2005, the Reds carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | Sunderland | 0 - 2 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 30 Nov | Sunderland | 0 - 2 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Liverpool | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Liverpool have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 17 goals for the Reds, with 7 goals against.
The away form of Sunderland is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! The Black Cats have conceded 15 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Liverpool's 40 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Sunderland find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 23 points from their 24 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Reds, as the The Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Liverpool | No sequences of note |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 8 away matches. |