Sunderland vs Blackburn

Championship ·Matchday 24

Sunderland

2-1

Full-time HT 1-1

Blackburn

R. Stewart 22' (pen)
E. Simms 90+1'

R. Stewart 18' (og)

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

Monday 26 December · 15:30 Stadium of Light, Sunderland D. Bond

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Sunderland beat Blackburn 2-1. Scorers for Sunderland: R. Stewart 22' (pen), E. Simms 90+1'. Scorers for Blackburn: R. Stewart 18' (og). Sunderland won after coming from behind.

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Full-time 2 - 1
Added time: 4 minutes
90+4'
J. Rankin-Costello Yellow card · Blackburn Yellow card for J. Rankin-Costello (Blackburn)
90+4'
A. Diallo Yellow card · Sunderland A. Diallo of Sunderland is booked
90+1'
E. Simms 2-1 Goal · Assist: D. Ballard · Sunderland Goal! E. Simms scores for Sunderland, set up by D. Ballard. It is 2-1
90'
G. Hirst Yellow card · Blackburn G. Hirst of Blackburn is booked
87'
J. Buckley Yellow card · Blackburn Yellow card for J. Buckley (Blackburn)
80'
E. Simms Out: P. Roberts · Sunderland Substitution for Sunderland: E. Simms comes on for P. Roberts
79'
B. Wright Out: L. Gooch · Sunderland Substitution for Sunderland: B. Wright comes on for L. Gooch
77'
G. Hirst Out: S. Gallagher · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: G. Hirst comes on for S. Gallagher
77'
L. Travis Out: B. Dack · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: L. Travis comes on for B. Dack
60'
T. Hume Yellow card · Sunderland T. Hume of Sunderland is booked
52'
Daniel Ayala Yellow card · Blackburn Yellow card for Daniel Ayala (Blackburn)
51'
T. Hume Out: Dennis Cirkin · Sunderland Substitution for Sunderland: T. Hume comes on for Dennis Cirkin
Half-time 1 - 1
39'
Dennis Cirkin Yellow card · Sunderland Yellow card for Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland)
25'
T. Morton Yellow card · Blackburn T. Morton of Blackburn is booked
22'
R. Stewart 1-1 Penalty goal · Sunderland Goal! R. Stewart scores a penalty for Sunderland. It is 1-1
18'
R. Stewart 0-1 Own goal · Blackburn Own goal by R. Stewart, a goal for Blackburn (0-1)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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LWWLD Last 5 matches DLLWL

6Position7

69Pts69

1.4Goals scored per match1.2

1.3Goals conceded per match1.5

2Clean sheets4

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	Burnley	46	29	14	3	87	35	87:35	+52	101	WWWLD
2	Sheffield Utd	46	28	7	11	73	39	73:39	+34	91	WLWWW
3	Luton	46	21	17	8	57	39	57:39	+18	80	DDWDW
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	84:56	+28	75	DLLWW
5	Coventry	46	18	16	12	58	46	58:46	+12	70	DWWDW
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	68:55	+13	69	WDWDW
7	Blackburn	46	20	9	17	52	54	52:54	-2	69	WDLDD
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	57:50	+7	68	LWLLW
9	West Brom	46	18	12	16	59	53	59:53	+6	66	LWLLW
10	Swansea	46	18	12	16	68	64	68:64	+4	66	WDWWW
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	56:53	+3	63	WDLLW
12	Preston	46	17	12	17	45	59	45:59	-14	63	LLDLL
13	Norwich	46	17	11	18	57	54	57:54	+3	62	LLLDL
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	55:56	-1	59	WLWLL
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	51:61	-10	58	DDWLD
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	55:54	+1	53	LLDLL
17	Birmingham	46	14	11	21	47	58	47:58	-11	53	LLLWL
18	Huddersfield	46	14	11	21	47	62	47:62	-15	53	WWWDL
19	Rotherham	46	11	17	18	49	60	49:60	-11	50	DWLLD
20	QPR	46	13	11	22	44	71	44:71	-27	50	LWWDL
21	Cardiff	46	13	10	23	41	58	41:58	-17	49	LLWDW
22	Reading	46	13	11	22	46	68	46:68	-22	44	LDLDD
23	Blackpool	46	11	11	24	48	72	48:72	-24	44	WLWLW
24	Wigan	46	10	15	21	38	65	38:65	-27	39	DDWWL