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Rotherham travel to take on Sunderland at Stadium Of Light on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Merry Millers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 14.29% success rate in the fixture.
The last time the two teams met at Sunderland was well over fifteen years ago, back in December 1987, with Sunderland running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1997/1998 | Sat 03 Jan | Rotherham | 1 - 5 | Sunderland | FAC |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 07 May | Rotherham | 1 - 4 | Sunderland | DIV3 |
| 1987/1988 | Sun 20 Dec | Sunderland | 3 - 0 | Rotherham | DIV3 |
| 1963/1964 | Mon 30 Mar | Rotherham | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | DIV2 |
| 1963/1964 | Fri 27 Mar | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Rotherham | DIV2 |
| 1962/1963 | Tue 11 Sep | Rotherham | 4 - 2 | Sunderland | DIV2 |
| 1962/1963 | Wed 05 Sep | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Rotherham | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Black Cats in those games, with 8 conceded.
The away form of Rotherham is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Merry Millers have hit 4 goals, 16 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 26 points from 13 games. Rotherham are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide League Division One with a return of just 12 points from their 14 games thus far.
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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Rotherham | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Merry Millers 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 | 14 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Rotherham | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 12 away matches. |