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Sunderland travel to take on Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Black Cats have won 17 of the 57 games compared to the host's 27 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Stoke was back in October 1997, over five years ago, with Sunderland inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Potters in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Apr | Sunderland | 3 - 0 | Stoke | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Oct | Stoke | 1 - 2 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sun 21 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Stoke | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 22 Nov | Stoke | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 11 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Stoke | LD1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 27 Aug | Stoke | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 16 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Stoke | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Potters in those games, with 5 conceded.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, 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.
Stoke see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 8 points from their 7 games played so far, Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 12 points from 6 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Black Cats could well see them head back from Britannia Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | 3 successive away victories. 11 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 20 outings ago. |