Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sunderland: result and report

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 15 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Blackburn Rovers · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Blackburn Rovers lost to Sunderland 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Christopher Samba opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Christopher Samba (45+2'). Sunderland scored through Kenwyne Jones (49') and Djibril Cissé (71').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 15th on 13 points from 12 and Sunderland 19th on 12 points from 12. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-D-L-D-D and Sunderland's L-L-L-W-D.