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Newcastle Utd. pack their bags to visit Sunderland at The Stadium of Light at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 69 games played, Magpies have recorded 20 wins, and Sunderland have come away with 23 victories.
The previous match played between the two at The Stadium of Light was within the last three years, in October 2008, the The Black Cats carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sun 31 Oct | Newcastle Utd. | 5 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 01 Feb | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 20 Apr | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 10 Nov | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 17 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 4 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 23 Oct | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
Newcastle Utd. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Magpies have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Sunderland's total of 33 points from their 22 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League. Newcastle Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 28 from their 21 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Newcastle Utd. on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Sunderland. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Newcastle Utd. | 11 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |