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Sunderland face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 63 games played, Black Cats have recorded 17 wins, and Stoke City have come away with 30 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2003, with Stoke City running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 16 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 16 Sep | Stoke City | 3 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Apr | Sunderland | 3 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Oct | Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sun 21 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 22 Nov | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 11 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, Only 2 goals have been registered in this time, with 3 in the wrong end.
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. These low-scoring games have seen just 4 goals scored and conceded.
Stoke City's 28 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 37 points from 20 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | 6 games since last home draw. |
| Sunderland | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |