Sunderland vs Blackburn

Sunderland have won four of their last five home league games against Blackburn Rovers (L1), scoring 2+ goals in each of those victories.

Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland drew the reverse fixture 2-2 in December, though haven’t drawn both league meetings in the same campaign since the 2002-03 Premier League season.

Sunderland have lost each of their last three home league games played on Easter Monday, as many as across their prior 33 home fixtures on this day between 1900 and 2002.

Starting with a 1-0 win over Sunderland in 1979, Blackburn have lost just one of their last 12 away league games played on Easter Monday (W7 D4) –including a 5-1 victory at the Stadium of Light last season.

17-year-old Chris Rigg has scored in both of Sunderland’s last two league games against Blackburn Rovers, with only Ryan Sessegnon (3 goals in 3 games vs Cardiff) and Connor Wickham (5 goals in 3 games vs Doncaster) ever scoring in three different Championship matches against the same opponent while aged 18 or under.