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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 32 and win only 8 of the 52 games.
The previous match played between the two at Stamford Bridge was within the last three years, in September 2005, with Chelsea running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 15 Jan | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Chelsea | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Chelsea | 4 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 09 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | Chelsea | 2 - 4 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Blues, with 4 goals against.
In complete contrast to Chelsea, Sunderland are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the The Black Cats have hit 6 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chelsea sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 31 points from their 15 games. Sunderland find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 13 points from their 15 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Black Cats are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Chelsea. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | Unbeaten in the last 44 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 9 away matches. |