Championship

Championship | Gameweek 24

Dec 26, 2022 at 12.30pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
2 - 1
Blackburn

Stewart (22' pen.), Simms (90+1')
Cirkin (39'), Hume (60'), Diallo (90+4')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Stewart (18' og.)
Morton (25'), Ayala (52'), Buckley (87'), Hirst (90'), Rankin-Costello (90+4')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Monday's Championship clash between Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sunderland

All competitions

Last Game: Hull City 1-1 Sunderland
Saturday, December 17 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 1-4 Nott'm Forest
Wednesday, December 21 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Sunderland 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Although Blackburn have gone 23 league matches without a draw this season, we feel that the run will come to an end this weekend. As well as Rovers being inconsistent on their travels, Sunderland have been poor at home, and the two teams could play out a low-scoring stalemate. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sunderland win with a probability of 54.62%. A draw had a probability of 24.8% and a win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 20.62%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.65%) and 2-1 (9.5%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.7%), while for a Blackburn Rovers win it was 0-1 (7.2%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sunderland would win this match.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
54.62% ( -0.01)	24.76% ( 0.01)	20.62% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 47.4% (

-0)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.05% (

-0.01)

53.96% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.6% (

-0.01)

75.4% (

0.01)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.3% (

-0.01)

19.7% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.29% (

-0.02)

51.71% (

0.02)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

59.03% (

40.97%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

22.47% (

77.53% (

Score Analysis

Sunderland 54.61%

Blackburn Rovers 20.62%

Draw 24.76%

Sunderland	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 13.11% 2-0 @ 10.65% 2-1 @ 9.5% ( -0) 3-0 @ 5.77% ( -0) 3-1 @ 5.15% ( -0) 4-0 @ 2.34% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.3% ( -0) 4-1 @ 2.09% ( -0) 4-2 @ 0.93% ( -0) Other @ 2.78% Total : 54.61%	1-1 @ 11.7% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 8.07% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 4.24% Other @ 0.75% Total : 24.76%	0-1 @ 7.2% ( 0) 1-2 @ 5.22% ( 0) 0-2 @ 3.21% ( 0) 1-3 @ 1.55% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.26% 0-3 @ 0.96% ( 0) Other @ 1.21% Total : 20.62%