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Chelsea pack their bags to visit Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Stadium Of Light was within the last three years, in January 2006, with Chelsea inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Black Cats in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Dec | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 15 Jan | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Chelsea | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Chelsea | 4 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 09 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the The Black Cats in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Blues, and 2 goals against.
Sunderland are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 27 points from 29 matches. Chelsea sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 61 points from their 28 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Blues's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Sunderland, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | 8 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Chelsea | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |