Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 20 September 2023
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Sunderland
Championship · Wednesday 20 September 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Sunderland: match report
Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Sunderland 1-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 20 September 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Jack Clarke opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Harry Leonard (35'). Sunderland scored through Jack Clarke (28', penalty), Dan Neil (45+1') and Jack Clarke (78').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 10 points from 6 and Sunderland 8th on 10 points from 6. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Sunderland 16th with 56.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Clarke of Sunderland (9.5), ahead of Dan Neil (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 28'Penalty goal · Jack Clarke
- 31'Yellow card · Lewis Travis
- 32'Yellow card · Tony Mowbray
- 35'Goal · Harry Leonard
- 45+1'Goal · Dan Neil
- 45+3'Yellow card · Adam Wharton
- 50'Yellow card · Harry Leonard
- 71'Yellow card · Alex Pritchard
- 77'Yellow card · Jake Garrett
- 78'Goal · Jack Clarke
- 86'Yellow card · Abdoullah Ba
- 90+6'Yellow card · Joe Rankin-Costello
- 90+7'Yellow card · Daniel Ballard
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, Ryan Hedges, Sammie Szmodics, A. Moran, Harry Leonard
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Dan Ballard, Niall Huggins, Dan Neil, Abdoullah Ba, Jobe Bellingham, Alex Pritchard, Jack Clarke, Mason Burstow