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Hull City travel to take on Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Tigers 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 last time the two teams met at Sunderland was well over fifteen years ago, back in April 1990, with Hull City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Black Cats in a Second Division match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Oct | Hull City | 0 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 14 Apr | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Hull City | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Mon 01 Jan | Hull City | 3 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 25 Feb | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Hull City | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 15 Oct | Hull City | 0 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Tue 03 Mar | Hull City | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 13 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Hull City | CHMP |
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 11 goals for the The Black Cats, with 3 goals against.
In complete contrast to Sunderland, Hull City are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the The Tigers have hit 8 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 67 points from 38 games. Hull City are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 41 from their 38 matches played.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 14 |
| Hull City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Tigers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Sunderland. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 11 matches. |
| Hull City | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |