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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday 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 lose 36 and win only 12 of the 59 games.
The previous match played between the two at City of Manchester Stadium was within the last three years, in April 2003, with Man City running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 23 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | Man City | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 09 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 3 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Dec | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 23 Aug | Man City | 4 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 17 Jan | Man City | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 15 Aug | Sunderland | 3 - 1 | Man City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Sky Blues, with 6 goals against.
In complete contrast to Man City, Sunderland are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Black Cats have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Man City's 37 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 27 games have yielded only 10 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Black Cats are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Man City. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | Won 5 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 6 most recent games. |