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Championship | Gameweek 24
Dec 26, 2022 at 12.30pm UK
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Sunderland
2 - 1
Blackburn

Stewart (22' pen.), Simms (90+1')
Cirkin (39'), Hume (60'), Diallo (90+4')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Stewart (18' og.)
Morton (25'), Ayala (52'), Buckley (87'), Hirst (90'), Rankin-Costello (90+4')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Monday's Championship clash between Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Hull City 1-1 Sunderland
Saturday, December 17 at 3pm in Championship

We said: Sunderland 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Although Blackburn have gone 23 league matches without a draw this season, we feel that the run will come to an end this weekend. As well as Rovers being inconsistent on their travels, Sunderland have been poor at home, and the two teams could play out a low-scoring stalemate. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sunderland win with a probability of 54.62%. A draw had a probability of 24.8% and a win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 20.62%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.65%) and 2-1 (9.5%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.7%), while for a Blackburn Rovers win it was 0-1 (7.2%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sunderland would win this match.

Result
SunderlandDrawBlackburn Rovers
54.62% (-0.014000000000003 -0.01) 24.76% (0.0080000000000027 0.01) 20.62% (0.0079999999999991 0.01)
Both teams to score 47.4% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
46.05% (-0.012 -0.01)53.96% (0.015000000000001 0.02)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
24.6% (-0.0090000000000003 -0.01)75.4% (0.012 0.01)
Sunderland Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
80.3% (-0.0080000000000098 -0.01)19.7% (0.012 0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
48.29% (-0.017000000000003 -0.02)51.71% (0.019000000000005 0.02)
Blackburn Rovers Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
59.03% (0.0020000000000024 0)40.97%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
22.47% (0.0019999999999989 0)77.53% (0.0010000000000048 0)
Score Analysis
    Sunderland 54.61%
    Blackburn Rovers 20.62%
    Draw 24.76%
SunderlandDrawBlackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 13.11%
2-0 @ 10.65%
2-1 @ 9.5% (-0.0020000000000007 -0)
3-0 @ 5.77% (-0.0029999999999992 -0)
3-1 @ 5.15% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
4-0 @ 2.34% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
3-2 @ 2.3% (-0.0010000000000003 -0)
4-1 @ 2.09% (-0.0010000000000003 -0)
4-2 @ 0.93% (-0.001 -0)
Other @ 2.78%
Total : 54.61%
1-1 @ 11.7% (0.0099999999999998 0.01)
0-0 @ 8.07% (0.0050000000000008 0.01)
2-2 @ 4.24%
Other @ 0.75%
Total : 24.76%
0-1 @ 7.2% (0.0040000000000004 0)
1-2 @ 5.22% (0.00099999999999945 0)
0-2 @ 3.21% (0.0019999999999998 0)
1-3 @ 1.55% (0.00099999999999989 0)
2-3 @ 1.26%
0-3 @ 0.96% (0.001 0)
Other @ 1.21%
Total : 20.62%

How you voted: Sunderland vs Blackburn

Sunderland
57.1%
Draw
0.0%
Blackburn Rovers
42.9%
14
Head to Head
Oct 18, 2022 8pm
Mar 20, 2012 8pm
Dec 11, 2011 1.30pm
Jan 1, 2011 3pm
Sunderland
3-0
Blackburn
Bent (19'), Welbeck (11'), Gyan (89')
Ferdinand (79')

Dunn (51'), Biram Diouf (69')
Oct 18, 2010 3pm
rhs 2.0
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