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Date: Tuesday 20 March
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Coverage: Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 and Sky Sports 2020 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles live on ITV 2020 The Following TV are Broadcast Bwin, Canal Plus France, ESPN Caribbean, ESPN Deportes, live stream online tv, many tv are broadcast Liverpool v Athletic Bilbao live soccer Game Video tv channel on pc.
Preview
Blackburn boss Steve Kean has a virtually fully fit squad to choose from against Sunderland.
Vince Grella is the only absentee as he continues to struggle with a calf problem, but Bradley Orr returns to the squad.
Sunderland will assess Phil Bardsley, who completed the at Everton despite pain from a rib problem.
Stephane Sessegnon and Lee Cattermole remain suspended, while Kieran Richardson is out with a calf injury.
MATCH PREVIEW
While it's the time of the year when fans will understandably scrutinise run-ins, the exercise is normally futile.
“No side managed by Martin O'Neill will ever be allowed to lose their focus”
The vagaries of a team's end of season schedule become even more confusing when trying to apply footballing logic to a team in relegation trouble. And there's surely no side in the current bottom five more complicated to try to forecast than Blackburn Rovers.
In the last 20 matches for example, they've managed to accrue an encouraging 15 points in a run of games which has typified their fluctuating qualities; from the sublime victory at Old Trafford to the ridiculous 7-1 humiliation at Arsenal.
Typically, that memorable win against Manchester United was immediately followed by a deflating home defeat to Stoke, while a week after their capitulation at the Emirates they rallied to beat QPR.
That predictable unpredictability has even occurred during matches. And nowhere was that more apparent than in the first meeting with Sunderland back in December .
Leading until the last six minutes at the Stadium Of Light, and set to move above their hosts in the table, they not only gave up the lead but all the points as David Vaughan and Sebastian Larsson ensured Martin O'Neill's first bow as a their new manager was greeted with scenes of unbridled delirium.
Now some 12 points above Rovers, Sunderland's Premier League status is long since secure, and the Black Cats could be forgiven for putting a Tuesday night visit to Ewood Park lower down in their priorities.
However, no side managed by O'Neill will ever be allowed to lose their focus and though the three points will be a much more precious commodity for their hosts, attempting to predict the outcome of this game would be little short of absurd.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
The Black Cats are unbeaten in their last seven league meetings with Rovers (W4, D3).
However, they have won only one of their last eight league and cup games at Ewood Park (W1, D4, L3).
Blackburn
Rovers kept their first clean sheet of the season in their last match away to Wolves.
They have not recorded back-to-back shut-outs since August 2010 (they beat Everton 1-0 on the opening day last season, having finished the previous campaign with a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa).
Steve Kean's side have scored 40 Premier League goals this season - more than any other team outside the top six.
This will be Kean's 50th Premier League game in charge of Rovers, who have yet to win consecutive league matches under the Scot.
Sunderland
The Black Cats have lost three of the four league games that have come immediately after FA Cup ties this season.
They have won only one of the 12 league games this term in which their opponents scored first.
They have drawn one of their last 10 top-flight matches.
z
Date: Tuesday 20 March
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Coverage: Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 and Sky Sports 2020 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles live on ITV 2020 The Following TV are Broadcast Bwin, Canal Plus France, ESPN Caribbean, ESPN Deportes, live stream online tv, many tv are broadcast Liverpool v Athletic Bilbao live soccer Game Video tv channel on pc.
Preview
Blackburn boss Steve Kean has a virtually fully fit squad to choose from against Sunderland.
Vince Grella is the only absentee as he continues to struggle with a calf problem, but Bradley Orr returns to the squad.
Sunderland will assess Phil Bardsley, who completed the at Everton despite pain from a rib problem.
Stephane Sessegnon and Lee Cattermole remain suspended, while Kieran Richardson is out with a calf injury.
MATCH PREVIEW
While it's the time of the year when fans will understandably scrutinise run-ins, the exercise is normally futile.
“No side managed by Martin O'Neill will ever be allowed to lose their focus”
The vagaries of a team's end of season schedule become even more confusing when trying to apply footballing logic to a team in relegation trouble. And there's surely no side in the current bottom five more complicated to try to forecast than Blackburn Rovers.
In the last 20 matches for example, they've managed to accrue an encouraging 15 points in a run of games which has typified their fluctuating qualities; from the sublime victory at Old Trafford to the ridiculous 7-1 humiliation at Arsenal.
Typically, that memorable win against Manchester United was immediately followed by a deflating home defeat to Stoke, while a week after their capitulation at the Emirates they rallied to beat QPR.
That predictable unpredictability has even occurred during matches. And nowhere was that more apparent than in the first meeting with Sunderland back in December .
Leading until the last six minutes at the Stadium Of Light, and set to move above their hosts in the table, they not only gave up the lead but all the points as David Vaughan and Sebastian Larsson ensured Martin O'Neill's first bow as a their new manager was greeted with scenes of unbridled delirium.
Now some 12 points above Rovers, Sunderland's Premier League status is long since secure, and the Black Cats could be forgiven for putting a Tuesday night visit to Ewood Park lower down in their priorities.
However, no side managed by O'Neill will ever be allowed to lose their focus and though the three points will be a much more precious commodity for their hosts, attempting to predict the outcome of this game would be little short of absurd.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
The Black Cats are unbeaten in their last seven league meetings with Rovers (W4, D3).
However, they have won only one of their last eight league and cup games at Ewood Park (W1, D4, L3).
Blackburn
Rovers kept their first clean sheet of the season in their last match away to Wolves.
They have not recorded back-to-back shut-outs since August 2010 (they beat Everton 1-0 on the opening day last season, having finished the previous campaign with a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa).
Steve Kean's side have scored 40 Premier League goals this season - more than any other team outside the top six.
This will be Kean's 50th Premier League game in charge of Rovers, who have yet to win consecutive league matches under the Scot.
Sunderland
The Black Cats have lost three of the four league games that have come immediately after FA Cup ties this season.
They have won only one of the 12 league games this term in which their opponents scored first.
They have drawn one of their last 10 top-flight matches.
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