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Saturday September 29, 2007 Finished Stadium of Light

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Sunderland

  • Leadbitter 90’

Blackburn Rovers

  • Bentley 53’
  • Santa Cruz 55’
  1. Blackburn secure away win

    Blackburn secure away win

    Blackburn sucker-punched Sunderland with two goals early in the second half to leave the Stadium of Light with three points and a 2-1 victory. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90+3' It is all over at the Stadium of Light despite a late flurry of attacking throw-ins for Keane's men. Blackburn have the win on Wearside.
    • 90+2' O'Donovan hits a shot but Friedel keeps it out... Sunderland throw the kitchen sink at Blackburn!
    • 90' Leadbitter scores a consolation for Sunderland, a great effort from 25 yards on the left-hand side. Is there time for an equaliser?
    • 82' Defender McShane with a shot for Sunderland, saved by Friedel.
    • 80' Little goalmouth action now as the game winds down somewhat. Rovers edging closer to the three points.
    • 75' Tugay is hurt and the Blackburn playmaker is replaced by Savage.
    • 70' Sunderland with the ball, but to no avail in attack.
    • 65' Sunderland substitutions: Wallace off, Connolly on; Yorke replaced by Murphy; O'Donovan on for Chopra.
    • 65' Collins of Sunderland shown a yellow card.
    • 61' Miller has an try on goal as Sunderland battle back... it is a long uphill battle though. Leadbitter tries with a free-kick, saved by Friedel.
    • 58' Another chance for Blackburn as Santa Cruz tests Gordon. They are now well on top.
    • 55' Blackburn with the lead in the north east then... and here they come again, Bentley nodding across to SANTA CRUZ WHO NODS HOME FOR TWO!!!
    • 53' Blackburn attacking and the ball ricochets of a pair of Sunderland defenders, falls to BENTLEY... GOAL FOR ROVERS!!!!!!
    • 47' Midfielder Mokoena drills a shot wide of the post for Blackburn.
    • 46' The second half underway in Sunderland...
    • - No changes at the break.
    • 45' Another Wallace corner is punched clear by Friedel and soon after the whistle sounds for half time. Goalless at the break.
    • 44' Wallace centres the corner and Emerton rises to clear Rovers' lines. They will be happy with level scores at the break as Sunderland are now getting on top, backed by their fans.
    • 41' Chopra's effort is blocked by Samba from 12 yards as Sunderland apply pressure leading up to half time.
    • 39' Miller hammers a shot from the left with his left peg, saved by Friedel! Sunderland go close.
    • 37' Yorke brings down trickster Bentley. Blackburn have a free-kick.
    • 34' Bentley lines up a dig from way out on the left... his right foot attempt is wide of the post.
    • 30' Warnock swings a cross into the area but Higginbotham is there to head away for the home team.
    • 26' Leadbitter does well to get in a cross to trouble Rovers, but the Lancashire club have been the most threatening away from home. Ooijer blocks the ball as the same player tries to shoot soon after.
    • 23' Big man Samba, our player to watch for Blackburn, gets into an attacking position and shoots - saved by Gordon.
    • 19' A bit of pressure from Blackburn. Derbyshire is up front for them with Santa Cruz.
    • 13' Leadbitter looking to shoot, but Tugay is across to block... Leadbitter takes the resultant corner and Friedel is up to punch clear for Blackburn.
    • 10' A lively start but no real chances up to now. Mark Hughes and Keane have well-drilled teams who will battle for the cause.
    • 6' Black Cats striker Chopra caught offside as he looks to get in behind. The former Newcastle and Barnsley man is partnering signing from Southampton Jones in attack for Roy Keane's side.
    • 3' Dunn takes the ball on the left edge of the penalty area and amacks a shot wide of the far post. It was too high as well, though unlucky from the Blackburn lad.
    • 1' The teams are out and the game gets underway. Sunderland in red and white stripes kicking from left to right. Blackburn in traditional blue and white halves.
    • - Sunderland midfielder Dickson Etuhu is suspended while Rovers striker Benni McCarthy is rested ahead of Europe in midweek.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Sunderland v Blackburn from the Stadium of Light.

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Blackburn Rovers
    48% Possession 51%
    19 Shots 16
    8 Shots on target 6
    0 Saves 0
    10 Corners 2
    5 Fouls 11
    3 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    39 Tackles 34
    313 Accurate passes 346
    70 Bad passes 50

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      14 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 8 3
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 21 4
      6 Paul McShane 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 34 0 5
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21 0 7
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 33 7 5
      12 Liam Miller 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 49 11 7
      18 Grant Leadbitter 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 29 3 1
      33 Ross Wallace 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 25 7 1
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 0
      16 Michael Chopra 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 11 1 3
      13 Darren Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Daryl Murphy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 4 2
      3 Ian Harte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 David Connolly 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1
      23 Roy O'Donovan 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
    • Blackburn Rovers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 5
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 12 6
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 41 4 2
      4 Christopher Samba 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 32 1 2
      19 David Dunn 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 31 3 3
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 43 6 4
      7 Brett Emerton 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 32 0 4
      11 David Bentley 1 6 3 0 5 0 0 47 13 2
      27 Matt Derbyshire 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 2
      9 Roque Santa Cruz 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 25 3 2
      13 Zurab Khizanishvili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 2
      8 Robbie Savage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      32 Jason Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Maceo Rigters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2' O'Donovan hits a shot but Friedel keeps it out... Sunderland throw the kitchen sink at Blackburn!
    • 90' Leadbitter scores a consolation for Sunderland, a great effort from 25 yards on the left-hand side. Is there time for an equaliser?
    • 55' Blackburn with the lead in the north east then... and here they come again, Bentley nodding across to SANTA CRUZ WHO NODS HOME FOR TWO!!!
    • 53' Blackburn attacking and the ball ricochets of a pair of Sunderland defenders, falls to BENTLEY... GOAL FOR ROVERS!!!!!!
    • 39' Miller hammers a shot from the left with his left peg, saved by Friedel! Sunderland go close.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Sunderland v Blackburn from the Stadium of Light.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dwight Yorke

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • McShane
    • Higginbotham
    • Nosworthy
    • Collins
    • Leadbitter
    • Miller
    • Yorke
    • Wallace
    • Jones
    • Chopra

    Subs

    • Harte
    • Ward
    • Connolly
    • Murphy
    • O'Donovan

    Injured

    • Varga
    • Cole
    • Richardson
    • Edwards
    • Whitehead
    • Anderson

    Suspended

    • Etuhu

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Robbie Savage

    On the Field

    • Friedel
    • Emerton
    • Ooijer
    • Samba
    • Warnock
    • Bentley
    • Tugay
    • Mokoena
    • Dunn
    • Santa Cruz
    • Derbyshire

    Subs

    • Savage
    • Pedersen
    • Khizanishvili
    • Brown
    • Rigters

    Injured

    • Nelsen
    • Berner

    Suspended

    None