Sunderland vs Blackburn Rovers Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 21)

📏 Form Guide

Sunderland

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Sunderland will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-1 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Bristol City.

In that match, Sunderland managed 23% possession and 4 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sunderland was Eliezer Mayenda (31'). On the other side, Bristol City got 27 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Rob Dickie (55') and Ross McCrorie (76') scored for Bristol City.

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 5 of the past 6 meetings where Sunderland have taken part. With regard to the goal split from this period, their opponents scored a total of 5 and Sunderland got themselves 3.

Going into this one, Sunderland have left without a victory over Blackburn Rovers in their last 2 matches in the league.

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers will go into this game after a 4-1 Championship win vs Millwall in their previous outing.

In that game, Blackburn Rovers managed 61% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Blackburn Rovers, goals were scored by Dominic Hyam (42'), Sondre Tronstad (45', 59') and Callum Brittain (50'). At the other end, Millwall had 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Mihailo Ivanović (44') was the scorer for Millwall.

It is worth noting that Blackburn Rovers have made hard work of scoring goals in their past 6 games, recording the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Rovers have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 8. It will be interesting to see if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes stretching back to 20/03/2012 shows us that Sunderland have won 2 of these & Blackburn Rovers 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 21 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from The Black Cats and 13 belonging to Rovers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Championship match day 23 on 26/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Sunderland.

On that occasion, Blackburn Rovers managed 57% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Goals were scored by Yuki Ohashi (13') and Harry Leonard (90').

For their opponents, Sunderland had 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Chris Rigg (51') and Wilson Isidor (55') scored.

The match was refereed by Bobby Madley.

ℹ️ Team News: Sunderland

Aji Alese (Broken leg), Daniel Ballard (Hamstring injury), Niall Huggins (Knee surgery) and Salis Abdul Samed (Muscle injury) won’t be able to feature for Sunderland boss Régis Le Bris.

🗞️ Team News: Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers manager Valérien Ismaël has some current player fitness concerns. Andreas Weimann (Knee surgery) and Hayden Carter (Knee surgery) are not ready for selection.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Sunderland look likely to get amongst the goals when they play Blackburn Rovers, who might well find it difficult to score.

Accordingly, we see a pretty comfortable 2-0 victory for Sunderland after 90 minutes.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds in the WDW market, staking on Sunderland can be had for 1.73, a wager on a draw is 3.6 & selecting victory for Blackburn Rovers will get you 5. They’re the most competitive bets on offer as of now.

Peter Guest, 15:05 19/04/2025