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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Norwich City at 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 12 and win only 3 of the 23 games.
The previous match played between the two at was more than three years back, in October 2003, the Canaries carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 04 May | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 06 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 29 Sep | Norwich City | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 28 Jan | Norwich City | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 30 Aug | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sun 14 Jan | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Norwich City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The The Black Cats's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Norwich City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 15 matches. Sunderland see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 19 points from their 15 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Norwich City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for The Black Cats could well see them head back from with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Norwich City | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | 12 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |