Sunderland 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2011

Result

Sunderland 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sunderland 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Sunderland beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 January 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Danny Welbeck opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Danny Welbeck (11'), Darren Bent (19') and Asamoah Gyan (89'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 7th on 27 points from 20 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 25 points from 20. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

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 2 Sunderland wins, 4 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Danny WelbeckSunderland · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 2-0
  • 52'Yellow card · David DunnBlackburn Rovers
  • 69'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBlackburn Rovers
  • 79'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandSunderland
  • 89'Goal · Asamoah GyanSunderland · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Sunderland expected line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Nedum Onuoha, Anton Ferdinand, John Mensah, Lee Cattermole, Jordan Henderson, Danny Welbeck, Asamoah Gyan, Darren Bent

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

Paul Robinson, Míchel Salgado, Christopher Samba, Phil Jones, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Brett Emerton, El-Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn