Blackburn Rovers vs Sunderland betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on December 26th, 2024

Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland will meet each other in a football match counting for Championship on December 26th, 2024, Thursday at 15:00h (UTC), in England, check the Blackburn Rovers vs Sunderland betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

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Introduction to the Blackburn Rovers vs Sunderland betting tip 2024/2025

The Championship has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.48 goals per match played.

Blackburn Rovers last match

Blackburn Rovers is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Millwall in a match valid for Championship, and the match ended 1-0. The eleven coached by J. Eustace played in a 4-4-2 formation.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.38, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

A defense below expectations, with Danny Batth, slow and inaccurate. Perhaps he is the player on whom the greatest responsibility for this team result falls. He should regain better form if he wants to make a positive impact in the upcoming matches.

Sunderland last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Sunderland, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Norwich City team with a final score of 2-1.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.85, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Blackburn Rovers vs Sunderland h2h

Sunderland was in 12th place in the Championship while Blackburn Rovers was in 19th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Sunderland team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Blackburn Rovers used in the match.

The two teams have not faced each other since 01-04-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2023/2024 season of the Championship, and the match ended with a 1-5 win for Blackburn Rovers.

The Blackburn Rovers team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Sunderland team, which won only 3 games.

R. Madley will be in charge of arbitrating this game, well assisted by B. Antrobus and G. Byrne.

Blackburn Rovers

Championship leaderboard now

The Blackburn Rovers team with 37 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 11 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses.

This means that, in the 23rd round, the team has an advantage of 2 points, and the Middlesbrough team is just behind in 6th place.

Blackburn Rovers analysis

Blackburn Rovers at the end of round 22 in Championship had 25 goals scored and 18 conceded.

The Blackburn Rovers team comes from a defeat in the Championship, and its coach John Eustace wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

The average ball possession of Blackburn Rovers in this league is 46.52%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Sunderland they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Playing in their home base prove wise for this team, as their record of 7 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw shows. Playing as the visiting team, meanwhile has given them 4 games won.

Best goalscorer from Blackburn Rovers

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Andreas Weimann. The Attacker scored 4 goals in the current season, helping Blackburn Rovers to achieve victory in several disputes.

Sunderland

Championship leaderboard now

The Sunderland team with 43 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 12 wins, 7 draws, and 3 losses.

Burnley ranks just above, occupying 3rd place in the 23rd round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 1 point.

Sunderland analysis

Sunderland counted 34 goals scored and 18 conceded at the end of Championship day number 22.

With a sequence of 2 wins in the Championship, Sunderland is in a wonderful moment where they are the favorite.

One factor to consider is Sunderland average number of shots on goal, only 4.23 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Championship.

Playing away Sunderland usually leaves little room for opponents to win against them, with a balance of 5 wins, 3 losses and 3 draws in the Championship.

Sunderland is a more offensive team than Blackburn Rovers, having 2033 attacks vs. 1770 from Blackburn Rovers, having scored 34 times, in comparison, Blackburn Rovers converted into goal 25 times.

Best goalscorer from Sunderland

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Wilson Isidor so far in the competition. With 5 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Sunderland to achieve victorious results this season.

Historical data: Sunderland

With 5 titles won in the history of the tournament, the Sunderland team is one of the competition's top names. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match, and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Blackburn Rovers is Andreas Weimann, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Sunderland is Wilson Isidor, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Blackburn Rovers 1.5 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Sunderland 1.36 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.73.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.52 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.5 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Sunderland side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Blackburn Rovers who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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