Sunderland 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008

Result

Sunderland 0-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Sunderland drew with Blackburn Rovers 0-0 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 14th on 21 points from 18 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 16 points from 18. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Andre OoijerBlackburn Rovers
  • 31'Yellow card · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers
  • 47'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn, B. McCarthy