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Sunderland face a trip to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 69 games played, The Black Cats have recorded 17 wins, and West Brom. have come away with 34 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2006, with Sunderland inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Baggies in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Mon 28 Aug | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 21 Jan | West Brom. | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 18 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Dec | West Brom. | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 11 goals have been scored by the The Baggies in those games, with 6 conceded.
The The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the The Black Cats, and 2 goals against.
West Brom. are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 63 points from the 35 games they have played so far. Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 60 points from 35 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for The Black Cats could well see them head back from The Hawthorns with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Unbeaten in the last 11 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 9 games since last defeat. |