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Sunderland are ready to welcome Aston Villa to Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 78 games played, Black Cats have recorded 37 wins, and Aston Villa have come away with 17 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Stadium Of Light was more than three years back, in September 2002, the Black Cats carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Sunderland | 1-0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 01 Jan | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 16 Sep | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 05 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 22 Oct | Aston Villa | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 29 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Black Cats have scored 5, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Aston Villa's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Villans's have scored 12 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 13.
Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 12 games have yielded only 5 points. Aston Villa are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 9 points from 12 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 1 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Stadium Of Light for the Black Cats and the Madmen are unable to see past Aston Villa claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 5 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Aston Villa | 6 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |