Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 11 December 2011

Result

Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 11 December 2011, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Sunderland won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

Simon Vukcevic opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Sunderland's goals came from D. Vaughan (84') and Sebastian Larsson (90+1'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Simon Vukcevic (17').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 11 points from 14 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 10 points from 14. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Simon VukcevicBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · John O'SheaSunderland
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Míchel SalgadoBlackburn Rovers
  • 62'Yellow card · Stéphane SessègnonSunderland
  • 84'Goal · D. VaughanSunderland · 1-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Sebastian LarssonSunderland · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)

Keiren Westwood, Phil Bardsley, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Titus Bramble, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Colback, Stéphane Sessègnon, Connor Wickham, David Vaughan

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Paul Robinson, Míchel Salgado, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Simon Vukčević, Jason Lowe, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Dunn