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Sunderland travel to take on Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Saturday 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 taste defeat on 7 occassions, and draw 3, from the 11 games played.
The last time the two teams met at Q.P.R. was back in January 1999, over five years ago, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Sunderland | 2 - 2 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 09 Jan | Q.P.R. | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 08 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 10 Apr | Sunderland | 2 - 2 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 06 Dec | Q.P.R. | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 06 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Q.P.R. | PREM |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 29 Dec | Q.P.R. | 3 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Queens Park Rangers are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Rangers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Black Cats's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Q.P.R.'s 56 points from 38 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Sunderland are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 39 games giving them a return of 78 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Q.P.R.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Q.P.R. | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Sunderland | 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 6 matches. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |