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Sunderland play host to Gillingham at Stadium Of Light on Tuesday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Black Cats won the only previous game contested between the two.
The only previous meeting between Sunderland and Gillingham at was well over fifteen years ago, back in January 1988, the Black Cats carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 04 Nov | Gillingham | 1 - 3 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 30 Jan | Sunderland | 2-1 | Gillingham | DIV3 |
| 1987/1988 | Tue 15 Sep | Gillingham | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | DIV3 |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Black Cats in those games, with 5 conceded.
The away form of Gillingham is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. The Gills have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Sunderland's total of 59 points from their 35 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One. Gillingham find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 44 points from their 36 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 |
| Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Black Cats being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Unbeaten in the last 17 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Gillingham | Not won in previous 7 away matches. |