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Man. City face a trip to Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2008, with Man. City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Black Cats in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Mon 05 Nov | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 05 Mar | Man. City | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 23 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | Man. City | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 09 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 3 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Dec | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The The Black Cats's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Man. City's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Sky Blues have hit 8 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Sunderland see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 3 points from their 2 games played so far, Man. City's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Man. City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Man. City are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Sunderland. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 13 . |
| Man. City | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 14 outings ago. |