Season so far

Championship

Key, Sunderland v Blackburn
League position, Sunderland 4th, Blackburn Rovers 10thTotal points, Sunderland 76, Blackburn Rovers 59

Goals scored

Sunderland 58Blackburn Rovers 49

Form guide

All competitions

Sunderland lose
v Bristol City
2
1
Championship
Blackburn Rovers won
v Millwall
4
1
Championship
Sunderland lose
v Swansea City
0
1
Championship
Blackburn Rovers won
v Luton Town
0
1
Championship
Sunderland draw
v Norwich City
0
0
Championship
Blackburn Rovers draw
v Sheffield Wednesday
2
2
Championship
Sunderland won
v West Bromwich Albion
0
1
Championship
Blackburn Rovers lose
v Middlesbrough
0
2
Championship
Sunderland won
v Millwall
1
0
Championship
Blackburn Rovers lose
v Portsmouth
1
0
Championship

Previous meetings

All competitions

Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers
Played
96
Sunderland Won 44Blackburn Rovers Won 32Draw 20

Previous scores

All competitions

Championship

Blackburn Rovers 2 , Sunderland 2 on the 26th of December 2024
Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland
26th of December 2024
Sunderland 1 , Blackburn Rovers 5 on the 1st of April 2024
Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers
1st of April 2024
Blackburn Rovers 1 , Sunderland 3 on the 20th of September 2023
Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland
20th of September 2023

Match Facts

  • Sunderland have won four of their last five home league games against Blackburn Rovers (L1), scoring 2+ goals in each of those victories.

  • Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland drew the reverse fixture 2-2 in December, though haven’t drawn both league meetings in the same campaign since the 2002-03 Premier League season.

  • Sunderland have lost each of their last three home league games played on Easter Monday, as many as across their prior 33 home fixtures on this day between 1900 and 2002.

  • Starting with a 1-0 win over Sunderland in 1979, Blackburn have lost just one of their last 12 away league games played on Easter Monday (W7 D4) –including a 5-1 victory at the Stadium of Light last season.

  • 17-year-old Chris Rigg has scored in both of Sunderland’s last two league games against Blackburn Rovers, with only Ryan Sessegnon (3 goals in 3 games vs Cardiff) and Connor Wickham (5 goals in 3 games vs Doncaster) ever scoring in three different Championship matches against the same opponent while aged 18 or under.