Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sunderland: result and report

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Wednesday 2 January 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers won against Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 2 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Benni McCarthy of Blackburn Rovers in the 57th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 30 points from 20 and Sunderland 17th on 17 points from 20. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brad Friedel of Blackburn Rovers (8.2), ahead of Ryan Nelsen (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-D-L-L-L and Sunderland's W-L-L-D-L.