These sides met on Wednesday and Blackburn took the win at Sunderland (2-1) in the League cup; that continued their dominance over Sunderland in recent seasons and was Blackburn’s 5th straight win over the North-East club.

Both sides have been out of form and Blackburn are without a win in 6 Premiership games, while Sunderland have lost their last 4 games in a row.

Blackburn have not won at home for 3 games, but two of those were against Chelsea (0-2) and Man Utd (0-2); their league home form has been poor (1-2-3), but they have had tough fixtures and their three home losses this season have all been against sides in the “big four”.

After Blackburn’s last League Cup win (at home to Everton 1-0), Paul Ince’s side took confidence and won their next game at Newcastle in the league; they can beat Newcastle’s rivals for the second time in 3 days on Saturday and the $2.15 from Unibet seems decent value.

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Bet: Blackburn to win Odds: $2.15 Stake: 5pts Bookies: Unibet

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