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Sunderland travel to take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Friday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 54 games played, Black Cats have recorded 15 wins, and Wolves have come away with 27 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Wolves was back in September 1998, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 02 Nov | Sunderland | 3 - 1 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 20 Feb | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 12 Sep | Wolves | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 07 Feb | Wolves | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 20 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Wolves | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 03 Feb | Wolves | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 26 Aug | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Wolves | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Wolverhampton Wanderers have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Wolves in those games, with 7 conceded.
The away form of Sunderland however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The Black Cats's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Wolves see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 38 points from their 30 games played so far, Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 56 points from 30 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wolves | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Black Cats's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Wolves, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Wolves | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Sunderland | 10 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |