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Sunderland face a trip to Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Tuesday evening, 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 7 and win only 2 of the 12 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in April 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Apr | Q.P.R. | 1 - 3 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 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 |
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 goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
The away form of Sunderland is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the The Black Cats have hit 5 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Q.P.R. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 24 points from their 19 games played so far, Sunderland find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 24 points from their 19 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rangers, as the The Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Q.P.R. | Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Sunderland | Not won in previous 2 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |