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Sunderland face a trip to Manchester United at Old Trafford at tea-time on Saturday, 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 34 and win only 11 of the 62 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2007, the Red Devils carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 4 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Sep | Man. Utd. | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 14 Apr | Man. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 3 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Man. Utd. | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Feb | Man. Utd. | 4 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester United could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Red Devils have rattled up an impressive 20 goals, and conceded 6.
In complete contrast to Man. Utd., Sunderland are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the The Black Cats have hit 4 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Man. Utd. sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 28 points from their 14 games. Sunderland are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 15 points from their 15 games thus far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. Utd. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
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 Man. Utd.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man. Utd. | Won 9 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Sunderland | 4 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |