Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 11 December 2011
Result
Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Sunday 11 December 2011, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Sunderland won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Simon Vukcevic opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Sunderland's goals came from D. Vaughan (84') and Sebastian Larsson (90+1'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Simon Vukcevic (17').
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 11 points from 14 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 10 points from 14. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Blackburn Rovers's W-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Simon Vukcevic
- 38'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 45+1'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 62'Yellow card · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 84'Goal · D. Vaughan
- 90+1'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
- 90+3'Yellow card · Christopher Samba
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Keiren Westwood, Phil Bardsley, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Titus Bramble, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Colback, Stéphane Sessègnon, Connor Wickham, David Vaughan
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Paul Robinson, Míchel Salgado, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Simon Vukčević, Jason Lowe, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Dunn