Blackburn Rovers FC vs Sunderland AFC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Blackburn Rovers FC vs Sunderland AFC — Championship at Ewood Park.
- Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
- Sunderland AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Bobby Madley (England)
- Assistant 1 Blake Antrobus (England)
- Assistant 2 George Byrne
14 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Dec Sunderland AFC H 2–2 D 21 Dec Millwall FC A 0–1 L 14 Dec Luton Town FC H 2–0 W 10 Dec Sheffield Wednesday FC A 1–0 W 07 Dec Hull City AFC A 1–0 W 30 Nov Leeds United FC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Dec Blackburn Rovers FC A 2–2 D 21 Dec Norwich City FC H 2–1 W 14 Dec Swansea City AFC A 3–2 W 10 Dec Bristol City FC H 1–1 D 07 Dec Stoke City FC H 2–1 W 29 Nov Sheffield United FC A 0–1 L Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Blackburn Rovers FC0-151/–16-301/131-452/146-601/261-751/–76+–/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Blackburn Rovers FCYuki Ohashi 10 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Ewood Park will turn into a battlefield for Blackburn Rovers FC and Sunderland AFC.
- 5' Blackburn Rovers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Amario Cozier-Duberry suffering a number of foals already.
- 13' Yuki Ohashi puts Blackburn Rovers FC on the lead.
- 18' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 23' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 28' It looks surprising Sunderland AFC does not make any changes. John Buckley has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 29' Yuki Ohashi is having his name booked by the referee on 29.
- 33' Trai Hume is having his name booked by the referee on 33.
- 38' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Blackburn Rovers FC that had 382 games and scored 469 goals.
- 43' It’s high time Regis Le Bris made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 48' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 51' GOAL! Chris Rigg scores on 51.
- 55' What a strike from Wilson Isidor! The score is 1-2.
- 58' Dominic Hyam was booked on 58.
- 60' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Yuki Ohashi is replaced by Makhtar Gueye.
- 61' Another substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC to replace Ryan Hedges by Amario Cozier-Duberry on 61 minute.
- 66' It looks like no one’s ball. Sunderland AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 71' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 76' Adil Aouchiche needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 78' Blackburn Rovers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. John Buckley is hanging Lewis Baker on the field on 78 minute.
- 83' That looks like a foul for a card for Luke O'Nien.
- 87' The supporters are chanting for Adil Aouchiche. He replaces Chris Rigg on 87 minute.
- 90' GOAL! Harry Leonard scores on 90.
- 90' Sunderland AFC player sees a card in front of him.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 19
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- 15
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Lewis Baker ↓ John Buckley 78'
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23
Yuki Ohashi ↓ Makhtar Gueye 60'
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Sondre Tronstad ↓ Harry Leonard 87'
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10
Tyrhys Dolan ↓ Andreas Weimann 78'
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Bench
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14
Andreas Weimann ↑ 78'
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- 11
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9
Makhtar Gueye ↑ 60'
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21
John Buckley ↑ 78'
- 12
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Harry Leonard ↑ 87'
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33
Amario Cozier-Duberry ↑ 61'
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Coach John EustaceSunderland AFC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 26
- 18
- 10
- 1
- 32
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 12
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11
Chris Rigg ↓ Adil Aouchiche 87'
Bench
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- 21
- 15
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Adil Aouchiche ↑ 87'
- 42
- 33
- 36
- 50
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Coach Regis Le Bris -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Harry Leonard 2 Jack Clarke 2 Samuel Szmodics 2 Tyrhys Dolan 2 Chris Rigg 2 Ellis Simms 1 Dan Neil 1 Ryan Hedges 1 Head to Head
Blackburn Rovers FC Form
2024-12-26 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–2 Sunderland AFC D 2024-12-21 Millwall FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2024-12-14 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–0 Luton Town FC W 2024-12-10 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2024-12-07 Hull City AFC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2024-11-30 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Leeds United FC WSunderland AFC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.66 Blackburn Rovers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.3 Sunderland AFC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.96Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 56% 44% ± 3.5 34% 66% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw 71%Draw or Sunderland AFC 55%Blackburn Rovers FC or Sunderland AFC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Blackburn Rovers FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.1%2 – 1 8.9%1 – 0 7.8%2 – 0 7.1%1 – 2 7%0 – 0 7%0 – 1 5.9%2 – 2 Actual3 – 1 4.9%0 – 2 4.3%3 – 0 3.8%3 – 2 3.3%Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC
Handicap Blackburn Rovers FC covers Push Sunderland AFC covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 14% 76% -1.5 24% — 76% -1 24% 21% 55% -0.5 45% — 55% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 16% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.