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Chelsea face a trip to Sunderland at The Stadium of Light on Tuesday evening, 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 most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2009, with Chelsea inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the The Black Cats in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 24 May | Sunderland | 2 - 3 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 01 Nov | Chelsea | 5 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Mar | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While The Black Cats have scored 6, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Chelsea's away form is none too clever either, remaining unbeaten in their last six, winning five and drawing the one. Those games have seen the Blues pummel 13 goals, and let in 4.
Sunderland's 3 points from 1 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Chelsea's total of 3 points from their 1 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chelsea are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to Sunderland. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Chelsea | Undefeated in last 7 away games. 17 games since last defeat. |