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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 1 (setup 2, season 18)
Sunderland
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Alban LAFONT718Thomas KAMINSKI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Donald LOVE62Francisco Femenia Far, KIKO
Juan Antonio DELGADO Baeza3Romain PERRAUD
Suat SERDAR748Joe ROTHWELL
Simon KJÆR75Phil JONES
Bailey WRIGHT767Martin KELLY
Miguel Ángel ALMIRON Rejala776John BUCKLEY
Mohamed ELYOUNOUSSI87Ryan HEDGES
Charlie WYKE69Aleksandar PESIC
Dan NEIL710Sam GALLAGHER
Emmanuel Bonaventure DENNIS6117Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Manager
Aji ALESE12Jack VALE
Anthony PATTERSON13Aynsley PEARS
Jack CLARKE614Corry EVANS
Jewison Francisco BENNETTE Villegas15Tyler MORTON
Will GRIGG16Hayden CARTER

Sunderland 0 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 28,286, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Anthony TAYLOR 6½)
Scorers
46 Wright <=> ClarkeSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners1
7Fouls4
5Offsides0
3Shots on11
5Shots off13
8Total shots24
3Shots saved10
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Joe ROTHWELL
10An exceptional effort from GALLAGHER scraped the outside of the post.
13A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Sunderland 'keeper.
16ELYOUNOUSSI chipped the ball to WYKE who nodded it just beyond the near post.
19ELYOUNOUSSI ran onto a wonderful ball from ALMIRON but dragged his effort wide of the goal.
24ROTHWELL booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
25The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from BRERETON DÍAZ.
25A shot from ROTHWELL seemed a certain goal but LAFONT managed to force the ball away.
25LAFONT saved a beautiful shot from BRERETON DÍAZ.
27The motionless KAMINSKI stared in disbelief as a backpass from HEDGES fell just over.
30A shot from HEDGES was hoofed off the line by KJÆR.
34A free-kick from KELLY went just beyond the near post.
36HEDGES beat four Sunderland players and thundered a great chance over the bar.
43HEDGES's shot was well saved by LAFONT.
 
49A delightful save prevented WYKE from scoring a lovely goal.
50BUCKLEY's shot beat the Sunderland 'keeper but rebounded off the Sunderland woodwork.
51ELYOUNOUSSI hit a looping shot over the bar from just outside the area.
55A poor shot from ROTHWELL bounced agonisingly wide.
57HEDGES fluffed an easy chance.
68A brilliant shot from BRERETON DÍAZ was dealt with by a useful parry from the Sunderland 'keeper.
70A useful ball from KJÆR on the left found SERDAR who mishit his shot over the bar.
86HEDGES clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Sunderland 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
90A penalty box meleé resulted in PESIC driving the ball over.