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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Plymouth Argyle at Home Park 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 6 and win only 2 of the 11 games.
The previous match played between the two at Home Park was within the last three years, in August 2004, the Pilgrims carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 12 Aug | Sunderland | 2 - 3 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 15 Mar | Sunderland | 5 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 21 Aug | Plymouth Arg. | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Thu 16 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 23 Nov | Plymouth Arg. | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 03 Mar | Plymouth Arg. | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 18 Nov | Sunderland | 3 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Plymouth Argyle are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Pilgrims in those games, with 6 conceded.
The The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the The Black Cats, and 2 goals against.
Plymouth Arg.'s 43 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Sunderland lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 50 from their 31 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Plymouth Arg. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for The Black Cats could well see them head back from Home Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Plymouth Arg. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | 5 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |