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On the face of it, this should be fairly easy to predict: it’s a match between a Championship team who have only recently replaced their manager after a series of disappointing results, and the richest club in the world. However, nothing’s ever that simple, is it? Let’s see.
1. It’s the third round of the FA Cup.
2. Sunderland have won two of their last three under new manager Michael Beale.
3. Newcastle have lost seven of their last eight if you include a penalty-shoot-out defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in the League Cup, which we do.
4. Newcastle haven’t tasted victory over Sunderland since August 2011, since when the Black Cats have beaten them six times in nine attempts.
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