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Sunderland face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 39 and win only 12 of the 63 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2007, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 31 Aug | Sunderland | 0 - 3 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Mon 05 Nov | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 05 Mar | Man. City | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. The Sky Blues have scored 10 and conceded 2 during this period.
In complete contrast to Man. City, Sunderland are having a torrid time on their travels, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. The Black Cats have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Man. City's 35 points from 29 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Sunderland find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 29 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Sky Blues, as the The Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man. City | Won 6 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Not won in previous 6 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |