West Brom. face a trip to Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Baggies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 36 and win only 11 of the 67 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2003, with West Brom. inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Black Cats in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Dec | West Brom. | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 05 Jan | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | West Brom. | FAC |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 03 Apr | Sunderland | 3 - 0 | West Brom. | LD1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sun 18 Oct | West Brom. | 2 - 3 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Mon 13 Apr | West Brom. | 3 - 3 | Sunderland | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Black Cats, with 6 goals against.
The Baggies have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 71 points from 40 games. West Brom. are holding the final promotion place in the Nationwide League Division One, and have accumulated 80 points from the 41 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An interesting game for the Baggies to play at the moment, and one from which I believe will see West Brom. take away one point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| West Brom. | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 9 games since last defeat. |