Season so far

Championship

Key, Blackburn v Sunderland
League position, Blackburn Rovers 5th, Sunderland 4thTotal points, Blackburn Rovers 37, Sunderland 43

Goals scored

Blackburn Rovers 25Sunderland 34

Form guide

All competitions

Blackburn Rovers lose
v Millwall
1
0
Championship
Sunderland won
v Norwich City
2
1
Championship
Blackburn Rovers won
v Luton Town
2
0
Championship
Sunderland won
v Swansea City
2
3
Championship
Blackburn Rovers won
v Sheffield Wednesday
0
1
Championship
Sunderland draw
v Bristol City
1
1
Championship
Blackburn Rovers won
v Hull City
0
1
Championship
Sunderland won
v Stoke City
2
1
Championship
Blackburn Rovers won
v Leeds United
1
0
Championship
Sunderland lose
v Sheffield United
1
0
Championship

Previous meetings

All competitions

Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland
Played
95
Blackburn Rovers Won 32Sunderland Won 44Draw 19

Previous scores

All competitions

Championship

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
Sunderland 2 , Blackburn Rovers 1 on the 26th of December 2022
Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers
26th of December 2022

Match Facts

  • Blackburn have won three of their last five league games against Sunderland (L2), winning 5-1 in the most recent meeting in April.

  • Sunderland won 3-1 at Ewood Park in the Championship last season – they last won consecutive league visits to Blackburn in September 1975.

  • Blackburn Rovers have won one of their last 14 league matches on Boxing Day (D6 L7), beating Rochdale 2-0 in League One back in 2017.

  • Sunderland have won three of their last four league games on Boxing Day, having lost four in a row between 2014 and 2017.

  • Sunderland’s Alan Browne has scored in four of his last five Championship appearances on Boxing Day, doing so for Preston in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. Indeed, in Championship history (2004-05 onwards), only Jobi McAnuff has more Boxing Day goals (5).