Good evening and welcome to LIVE coverage of Blackburn against Sunderland from Ewood Park.

There goes the final whistle! A deserved 2-0 win for the home side. Six points clear now of third bottom place.

Hanley on hand to clear the cross from Larsson. All a bit too late for Sunderland. Three minutes to be added to the match.

NZonzi rises to head out the corner. Towering header from him. Blackburn almost over the finishing line in this match.

Pedersen back to halt the cross from McClean. Corner to Sunderland. Going to be wheeled over by Larsson.

A 15th goal of the season for Yakubu. Superb move. Robinson remains without a save to make in this match.

GOAL! Yakubu nods home the second for Blackburn. A 2-0 lead. Game over. Lovely cross from Lowe and there is the finish.

Martin Olsson being tracked by Bardsley. A goalkick to the visiting side as Mignolet prepares to hammer it down the park.

Martin O'Neill doesn't look too pleased with what he has witnessed out there. Hoilett fouls Colback in the visiting half.

Offside flag goes up against Bendtner. Entering the crucial phase of the match as Larsson screws a shot wide of goal seconds later.

Can Sunderland find an equaliser? Blackburn have lost 13 goals in the final 10 minutes of matches this season.

Formica departs to be replaced by Bradley Orr for the home side.

What a miss! Ji somehow stabs the ball over from three yards out. McClean drove the ball across the face of goal, but no finish. Astonishing miss.

Jack Colback is wheeled on to take over from Bridge. Second change then for Sunderland.

Excellent piece of goalkeeping by Robinson to gather up the cross from McClean. That ball was travelling at some pace across the goal.

Pedersen aims for Dann with the long throw-in, but headed away. Sunderland collect at the halfway line seconds after Larsson failed to pick out McClean.

Marcus Olsson wallops the ball up the park. Lowe then on the burst for Rovers, but Sunderland frantically scramble clear the danger.

Pedersen cracks a free-kick inches wide. So close to the match-winning second for Rovers. We remain at 0-0.

Kyrgiakos guilty of pulling Yakubu on the edge of the box. Free-kick chance for Blackburn.

Bardsley with the long punt down the middle, but McClean is caught offside.

Dong-Win Ji replaces Campbell for Sunderland.