Blackburn Rovers Match Preview

By: Stephen | December 25th, 2008

It seems like recently, that the Black Cats are playing the junk of the EPL. And I can say that again about Blackburn. They just seem to have forgotten how to play in the EPL, which is strange, because they have been a very consistant side for the past few years.

It looks like Ricky will stay with the same lineup and bench from the last matches.

Sunderland : Fulop, Colgan, Bardsley, Nosworthy, Ferdinand, Collins, Chimbonda, Edwards, Leadbitter, Malbranque, Reid, Richardson, Tainio, Whitehead, Yorke, Cisse, Jones, Healy, Murphy.

The good news, is that there aren’t any major injuries or knocks, so the side will go into the match healthy. It’s always key to be healthy against a side that is trying to find it’s footing. Kind of like we were doing with Ricky.

I don’t know what to expect from Blackburn. I mean they won their match against Stoke 3-0. But that could have been the case of first match under a new gaffer situation. There’s no doubt that Big Sam is a hell of a manager, he’s proven that with Bolton. He was so good that the stupid bar codes fired him after only six months on the job.

What should we expect from this match? Well it’s going to be a high scoring match. This could also be a loss for the Black Cats. I don’t want to say that because it’s hard to accept the fact that we could lose something.

Prediction?

Sunderland 2 – Jones 23 minute, Cisse 49 minute
Blackburn 1 – Roque Santa Cruz

Because the Everton match is so soon after the Blackburn match (December 28) I’m probably not going to do a match preview.

From the Sunderland Offside Blog, I want to wish your family a Merry Christmas.