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Preston N.E. travel to take on Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having taken no points from 36 of the 55 contests.
The last time the two teams met at Sunderland was back in August 1995, over five years ago, as the Black Cats edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 23 Aug | Preston N.E. | 0 - 2 | Sunderland | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 23 Aug | Sunderland | 3 - 2 | Preston N.E. | LC |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 15 Aug | Preston N.E. | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | LC |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 13 Feb | Preston N.E. | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | DIV3 |
| 1987/1988 | Mon 28 Dec | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Preston N.E. | DIV3 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 16 Feb | Preston N.E. | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | DIV2 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 29 Sep | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Preston N.E. | DIV2 |
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 9 goals have been scored by the Black Cats in those games, with 3 conceded.
The North End have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The North End's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 47 points from 28 games. Preston N.E. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 43 from their 28 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Sunderland is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Preston N.E. | 4 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |