West Ham Utd. face a trip to Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 33 games played, Hammers have recorded 10 wins, and Sunderland have come away with 16 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2002, with West Ham Utd. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Black Cats in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | West Ham Utd. | 3 - 2 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Apr | West Ham Utd. | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 01 Dec | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Feb | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | FAC |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 13 Jan | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Black Cats in those games, with 4 conceded.
The Hammers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Hammers, and 6 goals against.
Sunderland's 52 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. West Ham Utd. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 57 points from 35 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Hammers could well see them head back from Stadium Of Light with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Unbeaten in the last 15 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| West Ham Utd. | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. 5 games since last defeat. |