Sunderland travel to take on Millwall at The Den on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 15 games played, Black Cats have recorded 4 wins, and Millwall have come away with 7 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Millwall was back in September 1995, over five years ago, with Sunderland inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Lions in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Millwall | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 09 Dec | Sunderland | 6 - 0 | Millwall | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 23 Sep | Millwall | 1 - 2 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 10 Dec | Millwall | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1994/1995 | Tue 04 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Millwall | LC |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 21 Sep | Millwall | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | LC |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 20 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Millwall | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Millwall have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 4 to 3.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Millwall's 37 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 47 points from 27 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Millwall | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Black Cats has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Millwall. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Millwall | No sequences of note |
| Sunderland | Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |