Sunderland vs Blackburn Rovers

Championship

Sunderland

7-9-5

3-0

Final

Blackburn

7-4-10

Stadium of Light

Match pulse

SUNAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'BLK

52%Possession48%

14Shots11

4On target0

3Corners2

0Saves1

13Fouls9

Team	1H	2H	T
SUN	2	1	3
BLK	0	0	0

Who won: Sunderland 3-0

Sunderland beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 on Saturday, January 1, 2011 at Stadium of Light. Goals for Sunderland: Danny Welbeck (11'), Darren Bent (19') and Asamoah Gyan (89').

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Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-1-1)

1Mark BunnG
2Gaël GivetCD-L
3Ryan NelsenCD-R
4Martin OlssonLB
5Grant HanleyRB
6Morten PedersenCM-L
7Brett EmertonCM-R
8Junior HoilettLM
9El-Hadji DioufRM
10Mame Biram DioufF
11David DunnRCF

Sunderland17th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-4-2)

1Craig GordonG
2Anton FerdinandCD-L
3Titus BrambleCD-R
4Kieran RichardsonLB
5Phil BardsleyRB
6David MeylerCM-L
7Jordan HendersonCM-R
8Steed MalbranqueLM
9Ahmed ElmohamadyRM
10Danny WelbeckCF-L
11Darren BentCF-R

Head to head

SUN leads series 2-0-3

Last meeting: Sunderland 2, Blackburn 2 (Aug 22)

Last 5

BLK

W@ WBA3-1
Lvs STK0-2
Tvs WHU1-1
L@ BOL1-2
Wvs WOL3-0

SUN

Lvs BLP0-2
L@ MAN0-2
Wvs BOL1-0
T@ FUL0-0
Wvs WHU1-0

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Game info

Venue: Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England · Attendance 36,242
Officials: M Dean (Referee), Mike Dean (Referee), M Dean (Referee)

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