Match summary
Sunderland beat Blackburn 3-1 on the road. Sunderland led 2-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Jack Clarke put Sunderland ahead from the penalty spot in the 28th minute, Harry Leonard equalised with a header in the 35th minute, and Dan Neil put Sunderland back in front from a corner in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Clarke made it 1-3 in the 78th minute.
Blackburn can feel hard done by, creating 3.08 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Sunderland's 1.61 from 13.
Sunderland