Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 August 2009

Result

Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 22 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Sunderland won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 August 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Gaël Givet-Viaros opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Sunderland's goals came from K. Jones (32') and K. Jones (53'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Gaël Givet-Viaros (21').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 50.

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, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Gaël Givet-ViarosBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · K. JonesSunderland · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 53'Goal · K. JonesSunderland · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 90'Yellow card · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, George McCartney, Anton Ferdinand, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Lorik Cana, Steed Malbranque, Lee Cattermole, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones

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

Paul Robinson, Lars Jacobsen, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, El-Hadji Diouf, Franco Di Santo, Ryan Nelsen