History of the Sunderland v Birmingham City fixture
Blues face a trip to the Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 34 out of 52 times on Sunderland's home soil.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Stadium of Light was two seasons ago, in February 2004, when the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a F.A. Cup match.
For a detailed head-to-head between the two sides, click hereRecent encounters between the teams: 2003/2004 Wed 25 Feb Birmingham C. 0 - 2 Sunderland FAC 2003/2004 Sat 14 Feb Sunderland 1 - 1 Birmingham C. FAC 2002/2003 Sat 12 Apr Birmingham C. 2 - 0 Sunderland PREM 2002/2003 Sat 23 Nov Sunderland 0 - 1 Birmingham C. PREM 1998/1999 Sun 09 May Sunderland 2 - 1 Birmingham C. CHMP 1998/1999 Sat 19 Dec Birmingham C. 0 - 0 Sunderland CHMP 1997/1998 Tue 10 Mar Sunderland 1 - 1 Birmingham C. CHMP
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 5, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Birmingham City's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Blues have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 13 games have yielded only 5 points. Birmingham City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 6 points from their 12 games thus far.
For detailed team form guides throughout the leagues, click hereCurrent form guides: P W D L F A Sunderland 6 0 0 6 6 19 Birmingham C. 6 1 0 5 2 7
STB prediction ...
Blues have only shown average form on the road so far this season, but I am of the opinion a vitory at the Stadium Of Light will be achieved this weekend. Away winSequence statistics: Sunderland Been beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 5 home matches.
Latest 6 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 7 most recent games.Birmingham C. Lost each of the previous 3 away matches.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.