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Sunderland v Blackburn Rovers : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Mon 21st Apr, 15:00 BST, Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Home advantage can be vital in the Championship, and Régis Le Bris’s Sunderland will have the blessing of it on Monday afternoon. Ryan Lowe’s Blackburn Rovers are their opponents at the Stadium of Light. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've searched our expansive database and pulled out the stats that are most significant. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. Odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We are anticipating a close-fought game here and, as such, our prediction is under 2.5 goals. That means we a suggesting 2 goals or less will be scored in total as Sunderland and Blackburn go head-to-head. Tight defences and clear heads will be required to deliver us a winner, but we have reason to trust both sides to deliver exactly that. The statistics and the odds below point in this direction too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sunderland are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.73.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sunderland 51%	1.75 14%	-
Draw 27%	3.50 19%	-
Blackburn 22%	4.75 14%	-
Sunderland 1-0 15%	6.50 18%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	7.00 18%	-
Sunderland 2-0 11%	7.50 15%	-
Draw 0-0 10%	9.00 5%	-
Sunderland 2-1 9%	8.50	-
Blackburn 1-0 9%	12.00	-
Blackburn 2-1 5%	15.00 21%	-
Sunderland 3-0 5%	13.00 30%	-
Sunderland 3-1 4%	15.00	-
Draw 2-2 4%	17.00 26%	-
Blackburn 2-0 4%	23.00 21%	-
Sunderland 4-0 2%	29.00 38%	-
Sunderland 3-2 2%	29.00 15%	-
Sunderland 4-1 2%	34.00 17%	-
Blackburn 3-1 1%	41.00 20%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 39%	2.10	-
Under 2.5 Goals 61%	1.73	-
Home 1st Goal 53%	1.50 10%	-
Away 1st Goal 40%	3.00 17%	-
No 1st Goal 7%	9.00 5%	-
BTTS - Yes 43%	1.91 13%	-
BTTS - No 57%	1.80 11%	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	4.00	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	5.00 23%	-
BTTS - Away Win 8%	10.00 17%	-
Home/draw 78%	1.18 4%	-
Away/draw 49%	2.00 16%	-
Home/away 73%	1.29 8%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 66%	1.33 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 34%	3.40 6%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 19%	3.75 6%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 81%	1.29 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	7.00 13%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	1.10 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	15.00 12%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1.03 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1.07 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	9.00 5%	-
Home DNB 70%	1.29 8%	-
Away DNB 41%	3.50 19%	-
Sunderland win to nil 33%	2.75 22%	-
Blackburn win to nil 14%	8.00 11%	-
Sunderland / Sunderland 29%	2.88 20%	-
Sunderland / Blackburn 2%	41.00	-
Sunderland / Draw 6%	15.00 12%	-
Draw / Sunderland 19%	4.50 13%	-
Draw / Blackburn 9%	9.50 21%	-
Draw / Draw 17%	5.00 9%	-
Blackburn / Sunderland 4%	23.00	-
Blackburn / Blackburn 10%	8.00 27%	-
Blackburn / Draw 5%	17.00 11%	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Sunderland have played 43 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 37 games against teams below in the table, having won 19, drawn 11 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 15 clean sheets and have failed to score in 8 fixtures. Sunderland have outscored their opponents by 58 goals to 49 goals.

Home League Performance

Sunderland have played 21 games at home winning 12, drawing 7 and losing 2 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Blackburn are in 10th position in the Championship on 59 points having played 43 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

11 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 6 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Blackburn have conceded 18 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Sunderland Blackburn
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	43	26	13	4	54	91	d 2-2F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
2	Burnley	43	25	16	2	45	91	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	d 1-1A
3	Sheff Utd	43	27	7	9	26	86	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	May 3
4	Sunderland Home	43	21	13	9	18	76	-	-	d 2-2F	Apr 21
5	Bristol C	43	17	16	10	10	67	d 1-1A	l 2-1F	w 3-0F	l 2-1A
6	Coventry	43	19	9	15	7	66	d 2-2F	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	l 3-0A
7	M'Boro	43	18	9	16	11	63	w 1-0F	w 2-3A	l 0-2A	w 0-1F
8	West Brom	43	14	18	11	10	60	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
9	Millwall	43	16	12	15	-3	60	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	w 4-1F	l 1-0A
10	Blackburn Away	43	17	8	18	3	59	Apr 21	d 2-2A	-	-
11	Swansea	43	16	9	18	-5	57	l 0-1A	w 2-3A	w 1-0F	l 3-0A
12	Watford	43	16	8	19	-6	56	d 2-2F	l 2-1A	Apr 26	l 1-0A
13	Norwich	43	13	14	16	3	53	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	d 2-2F
14	QPR	43	13	14	16	-5	53	May 3	d 0-00-0	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
15	Sheff Wed	43	14	11	18	-10	53	w 4-0F	w 1-2F	d 2-2A	w 0-1F
16	Stoke	43	12	14	17	-9	50	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
17	Preston	43	10	19	14	-9	49	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0
18	Portsmouth	43	13	10	20	-14	49	w 1-0F	w 1-3F	w 3-0F	l 1-0A
19	Oxford Utd	43	12	12	19	-18	48	w 2-0F	Apr 26	w 2-1A	l 1-0A
20	Hull	43	11	12	20	-10	45	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
21	Derby	43	11	10	22	-11	43	w 2-0F	w 0-1F	w 4-2F	l 2-1A
22	Luton	43	11	10	22	-25	43	w 2-0F	w 1-2F	w 2-0F	w 0-1F
23	Cardiff	43	9	15	19	-23	42	w 2-1F	w 0-2F	l 1-2A	w 1-3F
24	Plymouth	43	9	13	21	-39	40	d 2-2A	l 3-2F	w 2-0F	l 2-1A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland	0 - 1	Swansea
Sunderland	1 - 0	Millwall
Sunderland	1 - 1	Preston
Sunderland	2 - 1	Cardiff
Sunderland	0 - 1	Hull
Sunderland	2 - 0	Luton
Sunderland	2 - 2	Watford
Sunderland	2 - 2	Plymouth
Sunderland	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Sunderland	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
Sunderland	2 - 1	Norwich
Sunderland	1 - 1	Bristol C
Sunderland	2 - 1	Stoke
Sunderland	0 - 0	West Brom
Sunderland	2 - 2	Coventry
Sunderland	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
Sunderland	2 - 2	Leeds
Sunderland	2 - 0	Derby
Sunderland	1 - 0	M'Boro
Sunderland	1 - 0	Burnley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sunderland	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Sunderland	0 - 1	Swansea
A	Sunderland	0 - 0	Norwich
A	Sunderland	1 - 0	West Brom
H	Sunderland	1 - 0	Millwall
A	Sunderland	0 - 3	Coventry
H	Sunderland	1 - 1	Preston
H	Sunderland	2 - 1	Cardiff
A	Sunderland	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Sunderland	0 - 1	Hull
A	Sunderland	1 - 2	Leeds
H	Sunderland	2 - 0	Luton
H	Sunderland	2 - 2	Watford
A	Sunderland	3 - 2	M'Boro
H	Sunderland	2 - 2	Plymouth
A	Sunderland	1 - 0	Derby
A	Sunderland	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Sunderland	1 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Sunderland	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Sunderland	0 - 1	Stoke

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Luton	0 - 1	Blackburn
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Blackburn
Stoke	1 - 0	Blackburn
Derby	2 - 1	Blackburn
Swansea	3 - 0	Blackburn
West Brom	0 - 2	Blackburn
QPR	2 - 1	Blackburn
Bristol C	2 - 1	Blackburn
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Blackburn
Leeds	1 - 1	Blackburn
Millwall	1 - 0	Blackburn
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Blackburn
Hull	0 - 1	Blackburn
M'Boro	0 - 1	Blackburn
Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
Plymouth	2 - 1	Blackburn
Coventry	3 - 0	Blackburn
Preston	0 - 0	Blackburn
Burnley	1 - 1	Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Blackburn	4 - 1	Millwall
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Luton
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	M'Boro
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Stoke
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Swansea
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	Plymouth
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	West Brom
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Coventry
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Blackburn	3 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Burnley
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Leeds

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sunderland

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 11

6 / 11

Clean sheets

5 / 11

4 / 11

SUN

BLB

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
	1 - 5	Blackburn
Sunderland	2 - 1
Sunderland	2 - 1
Sunderland	3 - 0
Sunderland	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Blackburn
	0 - 1	Blackburn
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Sunderland	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Blackburn

Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

5 / 12

Clean sheets

7 / 12

3 / 12

SUN

BLB

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 3	Sunderland
Blackburn	2 - 0
Blackburn	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Sunderland
Blackburn	1 - 0
Blackburn	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 3	Sunderland
Blackburn	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Sunderland of late. It has been 7 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Monday afternoon against Blackburn Rovers.

	Sunderland 4th	Blackburn 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Sunderland will score 1 or more goals	0 43% 1 36% 2 15% 3 4+ There is a 79% probability of Blackburn scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-15 Sunderland have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted	-27 Blackburn have scored 27% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

14%

better

SUN

BLB

view stats

Games scored	33		28
Failed to score	10		15
Scored first	24		18
Goals scored	58		49
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.1
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	15		15
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.2
KickOff rating		+14%

13%

better

SUN

BLB

view stats

Games conceded	26		29
Clean sheets	17		14
Conceded first	14		23
Goals conceded	40		46
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	12%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+13%

Sunderland v Blackburn Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	12	7	11
D Neil	W Isidor	P Roberts	J Bellingham

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L O'Nien DEF	39	3	1	8 -
T Hume DEF	39	3	6	10 -
P Roberts MID	39	2	7	9 -
D Neil MID	39	2	3	2 1
W Isidor FWD	37	12	2	10 -
A Patterson GLK	36			2 -
J Bellingham MID	36	4	4	10 1
C Rigg MID	36	4	2	7 -
D Cirkin DEF	34	3	2	8 -
C Mepham DEF	32	1		8 1
E Mayenda FWD	32	8	5	2 -
R Mundle FWD	22	5	3	1 -
D Ballard DEF	19	2	1	4 -
A Browne MID	17	1		1 -
T Watson FWD	14	2		1 -
A Alese DEF	12			2 -
L Hjelde DEF	11		1	1 -
E Fée MID	9	1	1	2 -
S Samed MID	6			-
I Poveda FWD	6			2 -
M. Aleksić FWD	5			1 -
S Moore GLK	4			1 -
J Seelt DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	38	7	36
W Isidor	W Isidor	P Roberts	P Roberts

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Isidor FWD	12	38	2	15
E Mayenda FWD	8	24	5	15
R Mundle FWD	5	12	3	15
C Rigg MID	4	14	2	29
J Bellingham MID	4	9	4	31
T Hume DEF	3	8	6	30
D Cirkin DEF	3	7	2	11
L O'Nien DEF	3	5	1	10
D Neil MID	2	4	3	23
P Roberts MID	2	17	7	36
D Ballard DEF	2	5	1	4
T Watson FWD	2	4		4
C Mepham DEF	1	5		8
A Browne MID	1	4		3
E Fée MID	1	5	1	5
A Patterson GLK		1
A Alese DEF		1		3
L Hjelde DEF			1	1
M. Aleksić FWD		3		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2266	101	222
L O'Nien	T Hume	T Hume

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L O'Nien DEF	2266	46	149
T Hume DEF	1760	101	222
D Neil MID	1716	78	190
C Mepham DEF	1656	41	152
J Bellingham MID	1395	72	215
A Patterson GLK	1091	1	17
P Roberts MID	1078	63	165
D Cirkin DEF	1051	81	188
C Rigg MID	856	44	148
D Ballard DEF	734	10	83
R Mundle FWD	408	25	100
E Fée MID	324	23	49
W Isidor FWD	297	14	83
A Alese DEF	297	11	26
A Browne MID	293	20	56
E Mayenda FWD	206	14	93
T Watson FWD	140	13	40
L Hjelde DEF	98	7	17
S Moore GLK	98		1
S Samed MID	85	1	5
M. Aleksić FWD	45	5	7
I Poveda FWD	28	5	10
J Seelt DEF	26	1	1

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	7	6	11
D Hyam	Y Ohashi	M Gueye	M Gueye

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Hyam DEF	41	1	2	7 -
A Pears GLK	40			4 -
M Gueye FWD	40	6	6	10 1
T Dolan MID	39	5	6	11 -
R Hedges MID	37	1	1	3 -
T Cantwell MID	33	2	5	6 -
S Tronstad MID	33			4 -
L Travis MID	33	2	1	10 -
D Batth DEF	32	2		5 -
Y Ohashi FWD	31	7	1	4 -
A Weimann FWD	30	7	2	3 -
C Brittain DEF	29	1	3	5 -
J Rankin-Costello MID	29	2	2	4 -
O Beck DEF	24	1		4 1
A Cozier-Duberry MID	22	1		-
J Buckley MID	22			6 -
H Carter DEF	16		1	5 -
H Pickering DEF	14		1	1 -
A Forshaw MID	11	1		-
Y Ribeiro DEF	10		1	-
D Sanderson DEF	9			1 -
H Leonard FWD	9	1		-
C Woodrow FWD	6			-
A Kargbo FWD	6		1	-
E Dennis FWD	4		1	1 1
I. Tyjon FWD	2			-
B Tóth GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	21	6	32
Y Ohashi	M Gueye	M Gueye	T Cantwell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Weimann FWD	7	20	2	12
Y Ohashi FWD	7	17	1	5
M Gueye FWD	6	21	6	7
T Dolan MID	5	17	6	19
J Rankin-Costello MID	2	8	2	7
T Cantwell MID	2	9	5	32
L Travis MID	2	4	1	10
D Batth DEF	2	6		4
D Hyam DEF	1	2	2	5
H Leonard FWD	1	4		2
A Forshaw MID	1	1		2
A Cozier-Duberry MID	1	5		4
O Beck DEF	1	2		16
R Hedges MID	1	11	1	20
C Brittain DEF	1	2	3	19
J Buckley MID		2		6
H Carter DEF		1	1	3
H Pickering DEF		1	1	3
S Tronstad MID		3		9
Y Ribeiro DEF			1	2
D Sanderson DEF				1
C Woodrow FWD		1
A Kargbo FWD			1
E Dennis FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2202	86	226
D Hyam	L Travis	M Gueye

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Hyam DEF	2202	44	217
L Travis MID	1442	86	164
D Batth DEF	1382	29	167
S Tronstad MID	1373	80	147
A Pears GLK	1139	1	16
T Cantwell MID	1032	49	151
C Brittain DEF	1026	50	126
T Dolan MID	801	53	160
H Carter DEF	765	23	79
R Hedges MID	705	64	151
O Beck DEF	660	61	107
J Buckley MID	544	30	61
Y Ribeiro DEF	489	20	54
M Gueye FWD	483	22	226
H Pickering DEF	435	15	44
J Rankin-Costello MID	431	28	72
Y Ohashi FWD	383	26	97
A Weimann FWD	342	8	29
D Sanderson DEF	287	2	20
A Forshaw MID	266	11	26
A Cozier-Duberry MID	226	15	42
E Dennis FWD	53	1	15
C Woodrow FWD	49		5
H Leonard FWD	36	1	15
A Kargbo FWD	28	5	12
B Tóth GLK	21		1
I. Tyjon FWD	1		1

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Sunderland have played 43 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Blackburn are in 10th position in the Championship on 59 points having played 43 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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