Blackburn Rovers have been busy practising for this game following their 2-1 result against Middlesbrough, a game that gave some clarity. What will happen against Sunderland?
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Ewood Park. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Blackburn, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
It's back home for Blackburn Rovers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Middlesbrough away with the result 2-1. Gallagher found the net in that victory. Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Kaminski did an outstanding job against Middlesbrough with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Morton (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Morton hit two key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 43 total).
Heartbreak before that as Blackburn Rovers lost 0-1 at Wigan Athletic's place.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 3.
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Blackburn Rovers, as the Championship home game vs Birmingham City is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Blackburn Rovers in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Blackburn Rovers have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sunderland form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Sunderland won their last game, 2-1 versus Wigan Athletic played at home. Those three points felt good as this side had gone four league matches without winning. Defender Cirkin was the best team player with a rating of 8.44. Cirkin scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Swansea City wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Sunderland in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sunderland, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
After this away game Sunderland return home for a Championship game against Burnley. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Sunderland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Sunderland have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Blackburn wins - draws - Sunderland wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Brereton 7 goals |   R. Stewart 5 goals |  J. Clarke 4 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 12 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 17 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 67% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 53% | 57% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 7% | 14% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 7% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 27% | 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 50% |
| 33% | 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 40% | 14% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 4.6 | 6.4 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 13 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 11.5 |
| 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 37% |
| 12 | 9.3 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Rotherham United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 21 | Hull City | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
