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Sunderland face a trip to Preston North End at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 57 games played, The Black Cats have recorded 15 wins, and Preston N.E. have come away with 26 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in January 2005, as the North End edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 01 Jan | Preston N.E. | 3 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Sunderland | 3 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 10 Mar | Sunderland | 3 - 3 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 23 Aug | Preston N.E. | 0 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 23 Aug | Sunderland | 3 - 2 | Preston N.E. | LGEC |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 15 Aug | Preston N.E. | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | LGEC |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 13 Feb | Preston N.E. | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Preston North End have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 4.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the The Black Cats have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Preston N.E. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 17 points from 10 games. Sunderland see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 13 points from their 10 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the North End, as the The Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Preston N.E. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Sunderland | 9 games since last away draw. |