Championship

Championship | Gameweek 40

Apr 1, 2024 at 3pm UK

Stadium of Light

Sunderland
1 - 5
Blackburn

Rigg (77')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Szmodics (29', 36'), Hedges (47'), Dolan (54'), Moran (81')

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

Sunderland

All competitions

Last Game: Cardiff 0-2 Sunderland
Friday, March 29 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 0-1 Ipswich
Friday, March 29 at 5.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Whether Friday's impressive beating of Cardiff is the catalyst for better attacking fortunes for Sunderland only time will tell, but Dodds's men arrive on Monday as the firm favourites to see off a Blackburn side whose away form has been lacklustre throughout 2024. Eustace's men showed enough offensive endeavour against Ipswich to suggest that they can breach the Sunderland goal, but the Black Cats should bite back harder to put another dent in their visitors' survival bid. 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 47.38%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 28.91% and a draw had a probability of 23.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.4%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.51%) and 2-0 (7.29%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-2 (7.07%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.97%). The actual scoreline of 1-5 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood.

Result
Sunderland	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
47.38% ( 0.06)	23.71% ( -0.15)	28.91% ( 0.08)

Both teams to score 59.39% (

0.56)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

57.73% (

0.72)

42.27% (

-0.72)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

35.33% (

0.71)

64.67% (

-0.72)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.96% (

0.3)

18.04% (

-0.31)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.07% (

0.52)

48.93% (

-0.52)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.46% (

0.42)

27.54% (

-0.42)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.95% (

0.53)

63.05% (

-0.54)

Score Analysis

Sunderland 47.38%

Blackburn Rovers 28.91%

Draw 23.71%

Sunderland	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
2-1 @ 9.4% ( -0) 1-0 @ 8.51% ( -0.19) 2-0 @ 7.29% ( -0.09) 3-1 @ 5.36% ( 0.05) 3-0 @ 4.16% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 3.46% ( 0.07) 4-1 @ 2.3% ( 0.04) 4-0 @ 1.78% ( 0.01) 4-2 @ 1.48% ( 0.05) Other @ 3.65% Total : 47.38%	1-1 @ 10.97% ( -0.11) 2-2 @ 6.06% ( 0.07) 0-0 @ 4.97% ( -0.16) 3-3 @ 1.49% ( 0.05) Other @ 0.22% Total : 23.71%	1-2 @ 7.07% ( 0.01) 0-1 @ 6.41% ( -0.13) 0-2 @ 4.13% ( -0.04) 1-3 @ 3.04% ( 0.04) 2-3 @ 2.6% ( 0.06) 0-3 @ 1.78% ( 0.01) 1-4 @ 0.98% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.9% Total : 28.91%