Blackburn vs Sunderland

Championship ·Matchday 7

Blackburn

1-3

Full-time HT 1-2

Sunderland

H. Leonard 35'

J. Clarke 28' (pen)
D. Neil 45+1'
J. Clarke 78'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Wednesday 20 September · 21:45 Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire J. Busby

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Sunderland beat Blackburn 3-1. Scorers for Blackburn: H. Leonard 35'. Scorers for Sunderland: J. Clarke 28' (pen), D. Neil 45+1', J. Clarke 78'. Blackburn had 58% of possession.

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Full-time 1 - 3
Added time: 7 minutes
90+7'
D. Ballard Yellow card · Sunderland D. Ballard of Sunderland is booked
90+6'
J. Rankin-Costello Yellow card · Blackburn Yellow card for J. Rankin-Costello (Blackburn)
90+3'
Adil Aouchiche Out: A. Pritchard · Sunderland Substitution for Sunderland: Adil Aouchiche comes on for A. Pritchard
86'
A. Ba Yellow card · Sunderland A. Ba of Sunderland is booked
83'
S. Telalović Out: A. Moran · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: S. Telalović comes on for A. Moran
78'
J. Clarke 1-3 Goal · Assist: A. Pritchard · Sunderland Goal! J. Clarke scores for Sunderland, set up by A. Pritchard. It is 1-3
77'
J. Garrett Yellow card · Blackburn Yellow card for J. Garrett (Blackburn)
72'
J. Garrett Out: A. Wharton · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: J. Garrett comes on for A. Wharton
71'
A. Pritchard Yellow card · Sunderland Yellow card for A. Pritchard (Sunderland)
64'
P. Roberts Out: M. Burstow · Sunderland Substitution for Sunderland: P. Roberts comes on for M. Burstow
58'
Tyrhys Dolan Out: H. Leonard · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: Tyrhys Dolan comes on for H. Leonard
58'
D. Markanday Out: R. Hedges · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: D. Markanday comes on for R. Hedges
58'
J. Rankin-Costello Out: L. Travis · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: J. Rankin-Costello comes on for L. Travis
50'
H. Leonard Yellow card · Blackburn H. Leonard of Blackburn is booked
Half-time 1 - 2
Added time: 3 minutes
45+3'
A. Wharton Yellow card · Blackburn A. Wharton of Blackburn is booked
45+1'
D. Neil 1-2 Goal · Sunderland Goal! D. Neil scores for Sunderland. It is 1-2
35'
H. Leonard 1-1 Goal · Assist: C. Brittain · Blackburn C. Brittain provides, H. Leonard finishes for Blackburn (1-1)
31'
L. Travis Yellow card · Blackburn L. Travis of Blackburn is booked
28'
J. Clarke 0-1 Penalty goal · Sunderland Goal! J. Clarke scores a penalty for Sunderland. It is 0-1
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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LWWLW Last 5 matches LWDWW

19Position16

53Pts56

2.5Goals scored per match1.8

1.6Goals conceded per match1

2Clean sheets3

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Leicester	46	31	4	11	89	41	89:41	+48	97	LWWWL
2	Ipswich	46	28	12	6	92	57	92:57	+35	96	WWDDD
3	Leeds	46	27	9	10	81	43	81:43	+38	90	LLWLD
4	Southampton	46	26	9	11	87	63	87:63	+24	87	WLLLW
5	West Brom	46	21	12	13	70	47	70:47	+23	75	WLLLW
6	Norwich	46	21	10	15	79	64	79:64	+15	73	LDDWD
7	Hull City	46	19	13	14	68	60	68:60	+8	70	LDWDW
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	71:62	+9	69	WWLDD
9	Coventry	46	17	13	16	70	59	70:59	+11	64	LLDLL
10	Preston	46	18	9	19	56	67	56:67	-11	63	LLLLL
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	53:51	+2	62	LWDDW
12	Cardiff	46	19	5	22	53	70	53:70	-17	62	LLWLW
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	45:55	-10	59	WWWWW
14	Swansea	46	15	12	19	59	65	59:65	-6	57	LDWWW
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	61:61	0	56	LWDLD
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	52:54	-2	56	LLLWD
17	Stoke City	46	15	11	20	49	60	49:60	-11	56	WWWDL
18	QPR	46	15	11	20	47	58	47:58	-11	56	WWWLD
19	Blackburn	46	14	11	21	60	74	60:74	-14	53	WDLWL
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	8	23	44	68	44:68	-24	53	WWWDD
21	Plymouth	46	13	12	21	59	70	59:70	-11	51	WLLWD
22	Birmingham	46	13	11	22	50	65	50:65	-15	50	WDDWL
23	Huddersfield	46	9	18	19	48	77	48:77	-29	45	LDLDL
24	Rotherham	46	5	12	29	37	89	37:89	-52	27	WLDLL