Sunderland vs Blackburn

1 April 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee J Busby

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 0–2

Chris Rigg 77’

Sammie Szmodics 29’, 36’
Ryan Hedges 47’
Tyrhys Dolan 54’
Andrew Moran 81’

Match summary

Blackburn won comfortably, 5-1 away at Sunderland. Blackburn led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sammie Szmodics put Blackburn ahead in the 29th minute and Szmodics made it 0-2 in the 36th minute. In the second half, Ryan Hedges made it 0-3 in the 47th minute, Tyrhys Dolan made it 0-4 in the 54th minute, Chris Rigg pulled one back to make it 1-4 in the 77th minute, and Andrew Moran made it 1-5 in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Blackburn created 3.41 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Sunderland's 1.86 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 13

7 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.86 xG 3.41

1.86 Non-penalty xG 3.41

Key events

Sunderland Blackburn

Kick-off

29’

Sammie Szmodics

0-1

36’

Sammie Szmodics

0-2

Half-time0-2

47’

Ryan Hedges

0-3

54’

Tyrhys Dolan

0-4

Chris Rigg

1-4

77’

81’

Andrew Moran

1-5

Full-time1-5

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Sunderland 1.86 xGBlackburn 3.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Blackburn attacking Sunderland attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players14 players


Anthony Patterson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trai Hume	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Luke O'Nien	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Daniel Ballard	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Styles	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pierre Ekwah	90′	–	–	3	0.19	–	–	–
Dan Neil	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Patrick Roberts Taken off	55′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adil Aouchiche Taken off	54′	–	–	2	0.07	–	–	–
Romaine Mundle Taken off	55′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Jobe Bellingham	90′	–	–	1	0.16	–	–	–
Bradley Dack Came on as a substitute	36′	–	–	2	0.49	–	–	–
Jack Clarke Came on as a substitute	35′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chris Rigg Came on as a substitute	35′	1	–	1	0.84	–	–	–


Aynsley Pears	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Brittain	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Hyam	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scott Wharton	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Pickering Taken off	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sondre Tronstad	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Rankin-Costello Taken off	74′	–	–	3	0.13	–	–	–
Ryan Hedges Taken off	74′	1	–	2	0.84	–	–	–
Sammie Szmodics	90′	2	–	5	1.31	–	–	–
Tyrhys Dolan	90′	1	–	2	0.18	–	–	–
Sam Gallagher Taken off	67′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Chrisene Came on as a substitute	70′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andrew Moran Came on as a substitute	23′	1	–	1	0.96	–	–	–
Dilan Markanday Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
John Buckley Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Sunderland win 43% Avg odds 2.20

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.34

Blackburn win 29% Avg odds 3.32

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Sunderland L L L D W

Blackburn L D D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Blackburn 1-3 Sunderland, 20 Sep 23 Next meeting: Blackburn 2-2 Sunderland, 26 Dec 24 All Sunderland vs Blackburn meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.