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Sunderland travel to take on Brighton & Hove Albion at Withdean Stadium 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 10 and win only 3 of the 16 games.
The last time the two teams met at Brighton & HA was more than a decade ago, in April 1992, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Oct | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 25 Apr | Brighton & HA | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 05 Oct | Sunderland | 4 - 2 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 24 Feb | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 25 Nov | Brighton & HA | 1 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 29 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 26 Nov | Brighton & HA | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Brighton & Hove Albion have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Black Cats's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Brighton & HA find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 38 points from their 33 matches. Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 60 points from 32 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 13 |
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: | |
| Brighton & HA | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |