Preview match

MATCH REPORT

England - Championship - 04/01/24 10:00 - 40.Round

Stadium Stadium of Light
Capacity 48707
Surface grass
Referee John Busby
Attendance
42019

1-5 [90‘]

15‘
30‘
45‘
60‘
75‘
90‘

1-5 [90‘]

20‘
Chrisene Pickering
29‘
0-1 Szmodics (Dolan)
36‘
0-2 Szmodics (Rankin-Costello)
0-2 HT
47‘
0-3 Hedges (Gallagher)
54‘
0-4 Dolan (Hedges)
Mundle Clarke
55‘
Roberts Rigg
55‘
Aouchiche Dack
55‘
68‘
Moran Gallagher
74‘
Buckley Hedges
74‘
Markanday Rankin-Costello
Rigg [1-4]
77‘
81‘
1-5 Moran (Szmodics)
1-5 FT

Goals and Highlights

1-5

Match stats

CARDS 0 0

Ball possession
55%
45%

CARDS 0 0

Total shots
13
13
On goal
7
7
Corners
3
3
Dangerous attack
40
32
Attack
101
76
Passes total
505
420
Accurate passes
420 (83%)
345 (82%)
Key passes
8
11
Crosses
4/13(31%)
0/6(0%)
Dribbles
10/14 (71%)
11/22(50%)

ODDS

Match
1 X 2
Opening odds 120 230 225
Pre match odds 120 240 230
Asian handicap
Line 1 2 Line
-0.25 -122 -110 +0.25
+0 -172 140 -0
-0.75 143 -200 +0.75
Goals
Line Under Over
2.5 -125 100
Corners
Line Under Over
10.5 -102 -120

Lineups

Status: Confirmed lineup

Sunderland

Status: Confirmed lineup

Blackburn Rovers

Missings

Corry Evans
CM 2
68
Evans
21‘ 2 0+0
Dennis Cirkin
LB 3
25
Cirkin
504‘ 8 0+1
Niall Huggins
RB 2
17
Huggins
1338‘ 19 1+1
Elliot Embleton
CM 3
16
Embleton
0‘ 0 0+0
Nazariy Rusyn
CF 3
2
Rusyn
793‘ 21 2+1
Jenson Seelt
CB 2
2
Seelt
1029‘ 17 0+1
+2 Out of selection
Harry Leonard
CF 2
13
Leonard
836‘ 19 3+2
John Fleck
CM
8
Fleck
17‘ 1 0+0
Arnór Sigurðsson
LW 1
1
Sigurðsson
1454‘ 29 5+2
+5 Out of selection

Lineups

  • no photo 1
    1
    Patterson
    4050‘ 45 0+0 5.9
  • no photo 28
    1
    Styles
    763‘ 11 0+1 6.4
    no photo 5
    1
    Ballard
    3746‘ 42 3+0 6.4
    no photo 13
    1
    O'Nien
    3780‘ 42 2+0 6.1
    no photo 32
    1
    Hume
    3979‘ 45 1+1 6.4
  • no photo 24
    Neil
    3698‘ 42 4+5 7.4
    no photo 39
    1
    Ekwah Elimby
    2956‘ 39 5+2 7.1
  • no photo 14
    CM 2
    Mundle
    485‘ 11 1+0 6.7
    no photo 22
    1
    Aouchiche
    1001‘ 27 2+2 6.4
    no photo 10
    Roberts
    1803‘ 31 0+2 6.3
  • no photo 7
    1
    Bellingham
    3554‘ 44 7+1 6.2
  • no photo 9
    1
    1 1
    Gallagher
    1629‘ 23 3+3 6.9
  • no photo 19
    1 1
    Hedges
    986‘ 17 2+3 8.5
    no photo 8
    1 2
    Szmodics
    3819‘ 43 25+4 8.6
    no photo 10
    1 1
    Dolan
    2254‘ 35 5+4 8.0
  • no photo 6
    1
    Tronstad
    2850‘ 35 0+1 6.9
    no photo 11
    1
    1
    Rankin-Costello
    1586‘ 26 2+3 8.0
  • no photo 2
    1
    Brittain
    3538‘ 43 1+5 6.8
    no photo 5
    1
    Hyam
    3018‘ 35 1+0 6.8
    no photo 16
    2
    Wharton
    2080‘ 28 2+0 6.8
    no photo 3
    1
    Pickering
    2915‘ 35 1+1 6.7
  • no photo 1
    1
    Pears
    2222‘ 25 0+0 7.5
4-2-3-1
Coach: M. Dodds
4-2-3-1
Coach J. Eustace

Stats:

shots

Player Szmodics 4
Player Dack 2
Player Ekwah Elimby 2
Player Rankin-Costello 2
Player Dolan 2
Player Bellingham 1

Acc. Passes

Player Buckley 100% (14)
Player Tronstad 95% (41)
Player Hedges 92% (26)
Player Chrisene 92% (25)
Player Dolan 90% (31)
Player Aouchiche 89% (19)

dribbles

Player Dolan 10 (3)
Player Brittain 3 (3)
Player Clarke 3 (2)
Player Rankin-Costello 3 (2)
Player Rigg 3 (2)
Player Hume 3 (2)

Key Passes

Player Hedges 2
Player Ekwah Elimby 2
Player Tronstad 2
Player Rankin-Costello 2
Player Clarke 1
Player Szmodics 1

goals

Clarke 15
Bellingham 7
Ekwah Elimby 5
Neil 4
Ba 3
Ballard 3

goals

Szmodics 25
Dolan 5
Sigurðsson 5
Gallagher 3
Leonard 3
Hedges 2

assists

Neil 5
Pritchard 5
Clarke 5
Ba 4
Ekwah Elimby 2
Roberts 2

assists

Moran 6
Brittain 5
Szmodics 4
Dolan 4
Rankin-Costello 3
Wharton 3

Yellow Cards

Ballard 13
Hume 13
O'Nien 12
Ba 8
Bellingham 6
Clarke 6

Yellow Cards

Carter 11
Dolan 8
Travis 7
Szmodics 7
Tronstad 7
Hyam 6

Key Passes

Clarke 89
Roberts 53
Neil 48
Bellingham 37
Pritchard 35
Ba 34

Key Passes

Szmodics 46
Brittain 41
Moran 38
Dolan 37
Wharton 36
Pickering 33

Acc. Passes

Ballard 89%
Evans 88%
Neil 88%
O'Nien 87%
Bellingham 84%
Ekwah Elimby 83%

Acc. Passes

Bloxham 85%
Wharton 82%
Dolan 81%
Hyam 81%
Brittain 78%
Szmodics 78%

Total Shots

Clarke 67 (1.76)
Ekwah Elimby 40 (1.03)
Bellingham 38 (0.84)
Neil 35 (0.83)
Hume 25 (0.57)
Ballard 25 (0.61)

Total Shots

Szmodics 101 (2.35)
Gallagher 24 (1.14)
Dolan 24 (0.69)
Brittain 22 (0.54)
Rankin-Costello 21 (0.95)
Sigurðsson 20 (0.67)

BENCH

Abdoullah Ba
RM 2
17 Ba
1908‘ 38 3+4
Nathan Bishop
GK 2
30 Bishop
0‘ 0 0+0
Mason Burstow
CF 2
11 Burstow
895‘ 20 1+1
Luís Semedo
CF 3
9 Semedo
483‘ 22 0+0
Timothee Pembele
RB 3
6 Pembele
287‘ 8 0+0
Leo Hjelde
LB 2
33 Hjelde
861‘ 11 0+0
Chris Rigg
RW 3
1
31 Rigg
755‘ 20 2+0 7.1
Bradley Dack
CF 3
46 Dack
585‘ 16 1+1 6.5
Jack Clarke
LW
6
20 Clarke
3416‘ 39 15+5 7.5
Leopold Wahlstedt
GK 2
12 Wahlstedt
1828‘ 21 0+0
Andrew Moran
CM 2
1
24 Moran
1852‘ 35 2+6 7.1
Yasin Abbas Ayari
AM 3
44 Abbas Ayari
321‘ 9 0+1
Benjamin Chrisene
LB 2
45 Chrisene
723‘ 15 0+0 7.1
Dilan Markanday
RW 3
18 Markanday
756‘ 21 1+0 6.6
Semir Telalovic
CF 3
33 Telalovic
295‘ 17 0+0
Hayden Carter
CB 1
17 Carter
2462‘ 30 0+2
Kyle McFadzean
CB 3
2
55 McFadzean
810‘ 11 0+0
John Buckley
CM 3
1
21 Buckley
497‘ 10 0+1 6.2
Goal fact

Sunderland

  • Bad results in last matches for Sunderland

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach M. Dodds as the form record is (1W, 1D, 3L) with their average of 1.2 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (3) matches at home

    Sunderland have fail to win 3 matches in a row at home stadium. Last win was against Plymouth Argyle (3-1) on 10.2.24

Blackburn Rovers

  • Bad results in last matches for Blackburn Rovers

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach J. Eustace as the form record is (0W, 3D, 2L) with their average of 1 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (9) matches

    Blackburn Rovers have failed to win 9 matches in a row. Last win was against Stoke City (3-1) on 10.2.24

  • Poor form in away games

    2 losses in 5 games. (0W, 3D, 2L) is the record in away games. With their average of 1 goals conceded per game.

  • The coach has to deal with 3 fresh missings

    According to the news, the team is without 3 fresh missing. These players join the missing list: Garrett, Gilsenan, Koumetio.

Sunderland

Summary

Blackburn Rovers

H2H

2
1

H2H (HOME/AWAY)

1

FORM

0.67
0.67

FORM (HOME/AWAY)

1.17
0.5
Sunderland

Team Strength

Blackburn Rovers
65% Avg. minutes played (last 6) 69%
2 Changes (vs. last game) 1
0 Fresh important missings 1
3 Missings 4

Head to head

Sunderland 67%
2wins
0 draws
1 wins
3 matches
33% Blackburn Rovers
OVER 1.5
100% 3/3 times
OVER 2.5
67% 2/3 times
OVER 3.5
33% 1/3 times
BTTS
67% 2/3 times
CARDS
7.3 Ø
Corners
10 Ø

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
09/20/23 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
1-3
Sunderland Sunderland
1-2 22 - 13 6- 4 65 - 62 7 - 3 2 (40%)
1 (41%)
125 260 200
12/26/22 Championship
Sunderland Sunderland
2-1
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
1-1 12 - 6 5- 3 55 - 33 7 - 3 4 (52%)
10 (46%)
130 225 225
10/18/22 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
2-0
Sunderland Sunderland
1-0 9 - 12 3- 1 29 - 66 3 - 7 4 (51%)
1 (74%)
140 220 220

Team form

0.33 0.67 (+103%) total
0.67 (+34%) total 0.50
Blackburn Rovers

Sunderland Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
50% 3/6 times
OVER 2.5
33% 2/6 times
OVER 3.5
17% 1/6 times
BTTS
33% 2/6 times
CARDS
4.2 Ø
Corners
10.7 Ø
13.4 Championship
West Brom
10:00
Sunderland
9.4 Championship
Leeds
15:00
Sunderland
6.4 Championship
Sunderland
10:00
Bristol City

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
29.3 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
0 - 2
Sunderland Sunderland
0-2 8 - 18 3 - 8 34 - 44 5 - 6 3 (60%)
3 (66%)
155 200 200
16.3 Championship
Sunderland Sunderland
0 - 0
Queens Park Rangers QPR
0-0 8 - 11 0 - 5 38 - 40 5 - 7 3 (57%)
2 (68%)
188 220 155
9.3 Championship
Southampton Southampton
4 - 2
Sunderland Sunderland
2-0 21 - 13 10 - 5 29 - 33 6 - 2 0 (57%)
3 (59%)
-303 400 750
5.3 Championship
Sunderland Sunderland
0 - 1
Leicester City Leicester
0-1 17 - 10 6 - 6 57 - 28 6 - 5 2 (69%)
4 (51%)
320 280 -125
2.3 Championship
Norwich Norwich City
1 - 0
Sunderland Sunderland
0-0 16 - 12 4 - 4 62 - 38 5 - 2 1 (66%)
2 (61%)
-110 260 320
24.2 Championship
Sunderland Sunderland
1 - 2
Swansea City Swansea
0-2 13 - 13 5 - 8 48 - 54 4 - 11 4 (65%)
2 (57%)
110 240 260
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Blackburn Rovers Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
67% 4/6 times
OVER 2.5
17% 1/6 times
OVER 3.5
0% 0/6 times
BTTS
67% 4/6 times
CARDS
3.2 Ø
Corners
10.5 Ø
13.4 Championship
Leeds
07:30
Blackburn
10.4 Championship
Bristol City
14:45
Blackburn
6.4 Championship
Blackburn
10:00
Southampton

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
29.3 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
0 - 1
Ipswich Town Ipswich
0-1 8 - 11 3 - 3 67 - 39 9 - 1 3 (63%)
2 (65%)
280 275 -110
16.3 Championship
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
0 - 0
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
0-0 16 - 12 3 - 3 59 - 41 8 - 5 1 (51%)
3 (62%)
-125 260 350
9.3 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
1 - 1
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth
1-0 8 - 20 4 - 7 29 - 61 1 - 5 2 (54%)
5 (51%)
-118 260 333
5.3 Championship
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
1 - 1
Millwall Millwall
0-0 11 - 3 3 - 1 68 - 20 4 - 2 2 (56%)
2 (60%)
120 230 240
2.3 Championship
Swansea Swansea City
2 - 1
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
2-0 7 - 10 4 - 5 34 - 47 6 - 6 0 (60%)
1 (58%)
100 260 260
27.2 FA Cup
Blackburn Blackburn Rovers
1 - 1
Newcastle United Newcastle
0-0 16 - 19 9 - 8 46 - 73 2 - 14 2 (55%)
5 (65%)
550 450 -278
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Standings

Regular Season
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Leicester 44 30 4 10 86:39 94
1.63 55% 1.8 5.5 77% 59% 2.84
2. Leeds 45 27 9 9 80:41 90
1.38 44% 1.5 6.0 71% 53% 2.69
3. Ipswich 44 26 12 6 88:56 90
1.50 61% 2.3 5.2 80% 61% 3.27
4. Southampton 45 25 9 11 85:62 84
1.25 64% 2.2 7.5 84% 64% 3.27
5. Norwich 45 21 10 14 79:63 73
1.88 64% 1.8 5.4 80% 62% 3.16
6. West Brom 45 20 12 13 67:47 72
1.13 49% 1.7 5.7 75% 46% 2.53
7. Hull 45 19 13 13 68:59 70
1.50 64% 2.1 5.4 78% 60% 2.82
8. Middlesbrough 45 19 9 17 68:61 66
1.63 58% 1.9 5.9 84% 51% 2.87
9. Coventry 44 17 13 14 68:55 64
1.25 61% 2.0 6.0 84% 61% 2.80
10. Preston 44 18 9 17 56:61 63
1.25 52% 2.3 4.3 77% 57% 2.66
11. Bristol City 45 17 11 17 53:47 62
1.88 47% 1.6 5.3 60% 36% 2.22
12. Cardiff 45 19 5 21 51:65 62
1.13 47% 1.8 4.3 75% 51% 2.58
13. Swansea 45 15 12 18 59:64 57
1.75 60% 2.1 5.3 80% 58% 2.73
14. Watford 45 13 17 15 60:58 56
1.38 53% 2.2 5.2 67% 49% 2.62
15. Sunderland 45 16 8 21 52:52 56
1.13 44% 2.0 6.0 62% 47% 2.31
16. Millwall 45 15 11 19 44:55 56
1.63 40% 2.2 4.4 64% 38% 2.20
17. QPR 45 14 11 20 45:57 53
1.75 44% 2.2 5.4 71% 44% 2.27
18. Stoke 45 14 11 20 45:60 53
1.50 42% 2.4 5.9 67% 42% 2.33
19. Blackburn 45 13 11 21 58:74 50
1.13 60% 2.1 5.1 75% 65% 2.93
20. Sheffield Wed 45 14 8 23 42:68 50
1.50 38% 2.4 5.3 73% 47% 2.44
21. Plymouth 45 12 12 21 58:70 48
0.88 53% 2.2 5.3 76% 56% 2.84
22. Birmingham 45 12 11 22 49:65 47
1.00 51% 2.2 4.3 69% 47% 2.53
23. Huddersfield 45 9 18 18 48:75 45
0.88 67% 1.9 5.1 82% 47% 2.73
24. Rotherham 45 4 12 29 32:87 24
0.63 47% 1.8 3.4 80% 49% 2.64

Cup situation

Competitions
Eliminated
Eliminated
Eliminated
Eliminated
Eliminated
Competitions
Club Friendlies 1
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Club Friendlies 3