Sunderland travel to take on Gillingham at Priestfield Stadium on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The only previous meeting between the two sides yielded a draw.
The only previous meeting between Gillingham and Sunderland at was well over fifteen years ago, back in September 1987, when they played out a goalless draw in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1987/1988 | Sat 30 Jan | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Gillingham | DIV3 |
| 1987/1988 | Tue 15 Sep | Gillingham | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | DIV3 |
Recent respective form guides
Gillingham have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Gills's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Black Cats, and 6 goals against.
Gillingham find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 16 matches. Sunderland's total of 28 points from their 16 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Gillingham | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Gillingham | 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Sunderland | No win in the 2 most recent games. |