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Sunderland face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday 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 40 and win only 12 of the 64 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2009, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 22 Mar | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the Sky Blues, with 8 goals against.
The away form of Sunderland is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the The Black Cats have hit 4 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Man. City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 26 points from their 16 games so far. Sunderland's 21 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The 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 | Unbeaten in the last 14 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 7 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |