Sunderland 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 March 2006

Result

Sunderland 0-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 25 March 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Sunderland lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 March 2006. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Steven Reid of Blackburn Rovers in the 15th minute.

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 10 points from 30 and Blackburn Rovers 6th on 49 points from 30. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Grant LeadbitterSunderland
  • 43'Yellow card · Justin HoyteSunderland
  • 53'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland
  • 77'Yellow card · Julio ArcaSunderland
  • 90'Yellow card · Michael GrayBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

Sunderland line-up

George McCartney, Steven Caldwell, Danny Collins, Justin Hoyte, Dean Whitehead, Grant Leadbitter, Julio Arca, Jon Stead, Chris Brown, Kelvin Davis, Rory Delap

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Craig Bellamy, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, Paul Dickov