Sit down for a show! Today's starring characters are Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland, victory is the main plot and 90 minutes the playing time.
- All of Blackburn Rovers's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sunderland have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Blackburn Rovers must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Championship games here at Ewood Park.
The Blackburn regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Middlesbrough and win 2-1. Szmodics (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.11/10. Szmodics scored two goals, hit five key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Plymouth Argyle (0-3).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Blackburn Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 4 and lost 4.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Blackburn Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Ipswich Town in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Blackburn in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Blackburn Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sunderland form and stats
Things could have gone better for Sunderland in their Championship away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Sunderland play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Queens Park Rangers (placed 20th). Midfield player Clarke was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.2/10. Clarke scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 47 successful passes (of 58 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Southampton.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sunderland playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
After this away game Sunderland return home for a Championship game against Cardiff City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Sunderland find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Blackburn Rovers-Sunderland H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn three wins, Sunderland four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Szmodics 4 goals |   J. Clarke 3 goals |  P. Ekwah Elimby 2 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| 7.3 | 7.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 13.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 17 | 16.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 28% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 38% |
| 18.3 | 18 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- All of Blackburn Rovers's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Preston North End | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Hull City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Birmingham City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Watford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Coventry City | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Leeds United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 24 | Middlesbrough | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 1 |
