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
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.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Steven Reid
- 24'Yellow card · Grant Leadbitter
- 43'Yellow card · Justin Hoyte
- 53'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 77'Yellow card · Julio Arca
- 90'Yellow card · Michael Gray
Head-to-head
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