Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2022
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Sunderland
Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Blackburn Rovers won against Sunderland 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
B. Brereton opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from B. Brereton (32') and S. Wharton (49'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 24 points from 15 and Sunderland 10th on 20 points from 14. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sunderland in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Hedges of Blackburn Rovers (8.2), ahead of Thomas Kaminski (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 4 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Sunderland's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Alex Pritchard
- 32'Goal · B. Brereton
- 40'Yellow card · T. Morton
- 48'Yellow card · D. Cirkin
- 49'Goal · S. Wharton
- 65'Yellow card · S. Szmodics
- 66'Yellow card · J. Bennette
- 74'Yellow card · H. Carter
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Thomas Kaminski, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Scott Wharton, Ryan Hedges, Jake Garrett, Tyler Morton, Callum Brittain, Sammie Szmodics, Sam Gallagher, Ben Brereton Díaz
Sunderland line-up (3-4-3)
Anthony Patterson, Luke O'Nien, Danny Batth, Aji Alese, Dan Neil, Elliot Embleton, Josef Dvornik, Dennis Cirkin, Patrick Roberts, Jack Clarke, Alex Pritchard