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Sunderland vs Blackburn Rovers
21 Apr 2025, 15:00 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
James BellChampionship 2024/2025 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
SunderlandMin
Blackburn Rovers- 33′⚽
Tyrhys Dolan 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Cauley Woodrow
Left foot shot
- 58′⇄
Kristi Montgomery
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Callum Brittain
- ⇄
Chris Rigg
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Harrison Jones
64′ - ⇄
Enzo Le Fée
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Salis Abdul Samed
65′ - ⇄
Eliezer Mayenda
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Milan Aleksic
65′ - 73′
Ryan Hedges
Yellowcard
Off the ball foul
- 75′⇄
Adam Forshaw
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Yuki Ohashi
- 75′⇄
Makhtar Gueye
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Tyrhys Dolan
- 75′⇄
Dion Sanderson
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ryan Hedges
- ⇄
Patrick Roberts
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Tom Watson
78′ - 82′
Adam Forshaw
Yellowcard
Argument
Chris Rigg
Yellowcard
Argument
82′- 85′⇄
Igor Tyjon
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Cauley Woodrow
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.25 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7.05 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 7.36 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.38 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.88 | |
| 65 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7.06 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.64 | |
| 78 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.59 | |
| 64 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 7.53 | |
| 65 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.19 | |
| 90 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | 7.30 | |
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| 12 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.63 | |
| 26 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 7.02 | |
| 25 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.08 | |
| 25 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 7.11 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Sunderland
Latest: Swansea City · 0–1
Match stats
12 Apr 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Swansea City · 2024/2025
Blackburn Rovers
Latest: Luton Town · 1–0
Match stats
12 Apr 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Luton Town · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Sunderland’s ground: 8 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Sunderland’s home games with Blackburn Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Sunderland
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.