Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 20 March 2012
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Tuesday 20 March 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Blackburn Rovers won against Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 20 March 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Junior Hoilett opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Junior Hoilett (59') and Yakubu Aiyegbeni (86'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 16th on 25 points from 28 and Sunderland 9th on 37 points from 28. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 4 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-D-L-W-L and Sunderland's W-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Fraizer Campbell
- 59'Goal · Junior Hoilett
- 86'Goal · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Scott Dann, Marcus Olsson, Grant Hanley, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Wayne Bridge, Michael Turner, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, James McClean, Nicklas Bendtner, Fraizer Campbell, David Vaughan