Championship

Championship | Gameweek 7

Sep 20, 2023 at 7.45pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
1 - 3
Sunderland

Leonard (35')
Travis (31'), Wharton (45+3'), Leonard (50'), Garrett (77'), Rankin-Costello (90+6')

FT(HT: 1-2)

Clarke (28' pen., 78'), Neill (45+1')
Mowbray (32'), Pritchard (71'), Ba (86'), Ballard (90+7')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough
Saturday, September 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sunderland

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: QPR 1-3 Sunderland
Saturday, September 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Sunderland

This has all the makings of a thrilling contest, particularly given the recent goalscoring exploits of the visitors. Nevertheless, we fancy Rovers to earn a share of the spoils on home territory to continue their solid recovery from the disappointment of last season. 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 41.29%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 33.92% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sunderland win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.56%) and 0-2 (6.51%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 2-1 (7.88%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.6%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sunderland would win this match.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Sunderland
33.92% ( -0.54)	24.79% ( 0.12)	41.29% ( 0.41)

Both teams to score 58.03% (

-0.57)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

54.89% (

-0.69)

45.1% (

0.69)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.55% (

-0.66)

67.45% (

0.66)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.25% (

-0.64)

25.75% (

0.64)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.32% (

-0.87)

60.68% (

0.87)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.16% (

-0.1)

21.84% (

0.1)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.93% (

-0.15)

55.07% (

0.15)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 33.92%

Sunderland 41.29%

Draw 24.78%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Sunderland
2-1 @ 7.88% ( -0.08) 1-0 @ 7.63% ( 0.09) 2-0 @ 5.18% ( -0.04) 3-1 @ 3.56% ( -0.1) 3-2 @ 2.71% ( -0.09) 3-0 @ 2.34% ( -0.06) 4-1 @ 1.21% ( -0.06) 4-2 @ 0.92% ( -0.05) Other @ 2.5% Total : 33.92%	1-1 @ 11.6% ( 0.09) 2-2 @ 5.99% ( -0.08) 0-0 @ 5.62% ( 0.16) 3-3 @ 1.37% ( -0.05) Other @ 0.19% Total : 24.78%	1-2 @ 8.83% ( 0.05) 0-1 @ 8.56% ( 0.22) 0-2 @ 6.51% ( 0.15) 1-3 @ 4.48% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 3.3% ( 0.07) 2-3 @ 3.04% ( -0.05) 1-4 @ 1.7% ( -0) 0-4 @ 1.26% ( 0.02) 2-4 @ 1.16% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.46% Total : 41.29%