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Derby County match preview - Sunderland-Mad

 

Derby County match preview

Last updated : 19 September 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Derby County v Sunderland fixture

Sunderland face a trip to Derby County at Pride Park 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 lose 34 and win only 13 of the 60 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2002, with Sunderland inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Rams in a Premiership match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2001/2002Sat 11 MaySunderland1 - 1DerbyPREM
2001/2002Sat 09 FebDerby0 - 1SunderlandPREM
2000/2001Sat 03 FebDerby1 - 0SunderlandPREM
2000/2001Sat 16 SepSunderland2 - 1DerbyPREM
1999/2000Sat 26 FebSunderland1 - 1DerbyPREM
1999/2000Sat 18 SepDerby0 - 5SunderlandPREM
1996/1997Thu 26 DecSunderland2 - 0DerbyPREM

Recent respective form guides

Derby County's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While Rams have scored 5, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.

Sunderland's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Black Cats's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.

Derby find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 7 points from their 7 matches. Sunderland lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 12 from their 7 games so far.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Derby60154131
Sunderland640210412

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:
DerbyBeen beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 4 home matches.
Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 9 most recent games.
Sunderland3 successive away victories.
11 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 20 outings ago.


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