Blackpool 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Sunday 1 January 2023

Result

Blackpool 1-1 Sunderland

Championship · Sunday 1 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Blackpool · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Blackpool 1-1 Sunderland: match report

Blackpool drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Championship on Sunday 1 January 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Shayne Lavery opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Blackpool's goal came from Shayne Lavery (21'). Sunderland scored through Ross Stewart (66').

Discipline: Blackpool received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 23rd on 25 points from 25 and Sunderland 4th on 37 points from 25. Blackpool went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Patiño of Blackpool (7.8), level with Amad Diallo (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackpool win, 1 draw and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Callum ConnollyBlackpool
  • 19'Yellow card · É. MichutSunderland
  • 21'Goal · Shayne LaveryBlackpool · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Ian PovedaBlackpool
  • 66'Goal · Ross StewartSunderland · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Shayne LaveryBlackpool
  • 72'Yellow card · Luke O'NienSunderland
  • 85'Yellow card · Jake BeesleyBlackpool
  • 90+2'Second yellow · Callum ConnollyBlackpool

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Blackpool 1, draws 1, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Keshi AndersonBlackpool · injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)
  • Grant WardBlackpool · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
  • Aji AleseSunderland · injury (Foot Injury)

Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)

Chris Maxwell, Callum Connolly, Marvin Ekpiteta, Jordan Thorniley, James Husband, Sonny Carey, Charlie Patiño, Ian Poveda, CJ Hamilton, Gary Madine, Shayne Lavery

Sunderland line-up (3-4-3)

Anthony Patterson, Dan Ballard, Bailey Wright, Luke O'Nien, Trai Hume, Edouard Michut, Dan Neil, Jack Clarke, Amad Diallo, Ross Stewart, Patrick Roberts