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Bolton Wdrs. are ready to welcome Sunderland to Reebok Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The The Trotters are clearly on top, having won 33 and lost only 13 of the 64 games.
The previous match played between the two at Reebok Stadium was more than three years back, in January 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Sunderland | 0 - 2 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 14 Jan | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 04 Jan | Bolton Wdrs. | 1-1 | Sunderland | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 28 Oct | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Mar | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Sep | Bolton Wdrs. | 0 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Bolton Wanderers are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the The Trotters in those games, with 3 conceded.
The away form of Sunderland is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Black Cats have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Bolton Wdrs.'s 45 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 29 games have yielded only 10 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the The Trotters being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bolton Wdrs. | Unbeaten in the last 20 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |