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Sunderland face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 52 games played, The Black Cats have recorded 15 wins, and Birmingham C. have come away with 25 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2006, the Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Wed 09 Aug | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 25 Feb | Birmingham C. | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 26 Nov | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 25 Feb | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Sunderland | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 14 Feb | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Apr | Birmingham C. | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 23 Nov | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Blues's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
The The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the The Black Cats, and 1 goals against.
Birmingham C. are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 60 points from the 31 games they have played so far. Sunderland's total of 56 points from their 33 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Birmingham C.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Sunderland | 6 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |