Middlesbrough - Blackburn

Middlesbrough

Championship Season 2025 - Round 23

Friday 26 December 2025 15:00

0 - 0

Finished

Referee: James Bell

Blackburn

Result

Ball possession

53%

47%

Timeline

Alfie Jones (out)
Samuel George Edmundson (in)

17'

Alex Gilbert

31'

32'

Ryoya Morishita

45+2'

Ryoya Morishita (out)
Moussa Baradji (in)

Micah Hamilton (out)
Sverre Halseth Nypan (in)

46'

57'

Moussa Baradji

Alex Gilbert (out)
Alan Browne (in)

67'

Matt Targett (out)
Alex Bangura (in)

73'

76'

Ryan Hedges (out)
Harry Pickering (in)

76'

Sondre Tronstad (out)
Taylor Gardner-Hickman (in)

Hayden Hackney

80'

90+2'

Axel Henriksson (out)
(in)

90+3'

Todd Cantwell (out)
Yuri Oliveira Ribeiro (in)

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Middlesbrough	1.75	1.78	1.72	1.67	1.75	1.70	1.70	1.71	1.70	1.72	1.66	1.73
X Draw	3.75	3.70	3.68	3.80	3.90	3.80	3.68	3.92	3.57	3.75	3.80	3.60
2 Blackburn	4.50	4.05	4.66	5.00	5.10	5.00	4.70	5.09	4.55	4.90	5.00	4.60

Previous confrontations (H2H)

3 Middlesbrough

8 Draw

8 Blackburn

21% Over 2.5 goals

47% Both teams scored

1.6 Goals per match

5 | 8 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Blackburn 0-2 Middlesbrough (2025)

Most goals: Blackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough (2023)

Goals scored all matches

0.68

0.89

Goals in home matches

0.60

0.78

Goals in away matches

0.78

1.00

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-04-04 Friday 20:00

Won 😎

Blackburn 2

Middlesbrough

2025-01-11 Saturday 12:00

Won 😎

Middlesbrough

Blackburn

2024-11-27 Wednesday 19:45

Won 😎

Middlesbrough

Blackburn

2024-03-16 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Middlesbrough 3

Blackburn 3

2023-09-16 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Blackburn

Middlesbrough 2

2022-12-29 Thursday 19:45

Won 😎

Blackburn

Middlesbrough 3

2022-10-15 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Middlesbrough 2

Blackburn 4

2022-01-24 Monday 19:45

Won 😀

Blackburn 4

Middlesbrough 6

2021-08-28 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Middlesbrough

Blackburn 4

2021-01-24 Sunday 15:00

Won 😎

Middlesbrough 3

Blackburn

2020-11-03 Tuesday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Blackburn 5

Middlesbrough

2020-02-01 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Middlesbrough

Blackburn 2

2019-08-17 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Blackburn 5 P

Middlesbrough 3

2019-02-17 Sunday 13:00

Won 😎

Blackburn

Middlesbrough

2018-12-08 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Middlesbrough 2

Blackburn 2

2016-03-01 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😀

Blackburn 3

Middlesbrough

2016-02-06 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Middlesbrough 2

Blackburn 5

2014-12-28 Sunday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Blackburn

Middlesbrough

2014-11-29 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Middlesbrough

Blackburn

Stats

Middlesbrough

Blackburn

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Offsides

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saved

463

Total passes

391

371

Passes success

314

80%

Passes %

80%

0.75

Expected goals (xG)

1.23

0.45

Goals prevented

0.45

Stadion

Stadion name

Riverside Stadium

Capacity

34988

Address

Dockside Road
Middlesbrough

table 2025

Championship

Team	Pts
Coventry	95
Ipswich	84
Millwall	83
Southampton	80
Middlesbrough	80
Hull City	73
Wrexham	71
Derby	69
Norwich	65
Birmingham	64
Swansea	64
Bristol City	62
Sheffield Utd	60
Preston	60
QPR	58
Watford	57
Stoke City	55
Portsmouth	55
Charlton	53
Blackburn	52
West Brom	51
Oxford United	47
Leicester	46
Sheffield Wednesday	0

Complete table

Line-ups

Middlesbrough — Formation: 4-2-2-2

Coach: Kim Alexander Hellberg

Solomon Brynn

Callum Brittain

Luke Ayling

Alfie Jones

Matt Targett

Alex Gilbert

Hayden Hackney

Morgan Whittaker

Micah Hamilton

Dávid Strelec

Tommy Conway

Yuki Ohashi

Axel Henriksson

Todd Cantwell

Ryan Hedges

Sondre Tronstad

Ryoya Morishita

Matthew Litherland

George Pratt

Sean McLoughlin

Lewis Miller

Aynsley Pears

Blackburn — Formation: 3-4-1-2 Logo Blackburn

Coach: Valerien Ismael

Middlesbrough — Formation: 4-2-2-2

Coach: Kim Alexander Hellberg

Blackburn — Formation: 3-4-1-2 Logo Blackburn

Coach: Valerien Ismael

Solomon Brynn

Callum Brittain

Luke Ayling

Alfie Jones

Matt Targett

Alex Gilbert

Hayden Hackney

Morgan Whittaker

Micah Hamilton

Dávid Strelec

Tommy Conway

Yuki Ohashi

Axel Henriksson

Todd Cantwell

Ryan Hedges

Sondre Tronstad

Ryoya Morishita

Matthew Litherland

George Pratt

Sean McLoughlin

Lewis Miller

Aynsley Pears

Substitutes

Substitutes Middlesbrough

Name	Age	Position
Jon McLaughlin	38	Goalkeeper
Alex Bangura	27	Defender
Samuel George Edmundson	28	Defender
Dael Fry	28	Midfielder
Alan Browne	31	Midfielder
Sverre Halseth Nypan	19	Midfielder
Delano Burgzorg	27	Attacker
Mamadou Kaly Sene	25	Attacker
Sontje Hansen	24	Attacker

Substitutes Blackburn

Name	Age	Position
Nicholas Jake Michalski	19	Goalkeeper
Harry Pickering	27	Defender
Yuri Oliveira Ribeiro	29	Defender
Dion De Neve	25	Defender
Tom Atcheson	-	Midfielder
Moussa Baradji	25	Midfielder
Taylor Gardner-Hickman	24	Attacker
Aodhan Doherty	20	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	PenSv
6	Sondre Tronstad	7.9	76	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	39	1	36	4	-	2	13	10	6	3	-	3	0	-	-	-
12	Luke Ayling	7.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	53	-	49	3	3	-	12	7	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	-
31	Solomon Brynn	7.5	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	23	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	3	0
6	Dael Fry (sub)	7.3	45	Defender	-	0	-	-	19	-	15	-	1	-	5	4	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	-
12	Lewis Miller	7.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	30	-	21	3	2	1	10	4	1	-	2	-	0	-	-	-
19	Ryan Hedges	7.3	76	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	33	-	28	3	-	1	9	6	2	2	-	1	0	-	-	-
10	Todd Cantwell ©️	7.3	89	Attacker	-	0	1	-	59	2	52	3	-	3	10	7	1	-	1	4	0	-	-	-
2	Callum Brittain	7.2	90	Defender	-	0	2	1	50	1	38	-	1	2	7	2	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	-
3	Matt Targett	7.2	73	Defender	-	0	-	-	49	-	42	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	-
25	Samuel George Edmundson (sub)	7.2	28	Defender	-	0	-	-	21	-	17	-	-	1	7	5	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	-
1	Aynsley Pears	7.2	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	27	-	21	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	0	-	2	0
15	Sean McLoughlin	7.2	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	40	-	34	4	1	2	10	6	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
5	Alfie Jones	6.9	17	Defender	-	0	-	-	18	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
43	George Pratt	6.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	34	-	24	-	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
24	Moussa Baradji (sub)	6.9	46	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	23	-	19	1	-	-	12	7	5	5	1	-	1	-	-	-
11	Morgan Whittaker	6.7	90	Midfielder	-	0	3	1	35	3	23	1	-	-	7	3	5	1	-	1	0	1	-	-
13	Dávid Strelec	6.7	90	Attacker	-	0	-	-	25	1	17	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	-
9	Tommy Conway	6.7	90	Attacker	-	0	-	-	21	2	16	6	-	-	24	10	6	3	2	1	0	-	-	-
16	Alan Browne (sub)	6.7	23	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	12	-	7	2	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
24	Alex Bangura (sub)	6.7	17	Defender	-	0	-	-	11	-	7	1	-	-	4	2	2	1	-	-	0	-	-	-
5	Taylor Gardner-Hickman (sub)	6.7	14	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	4	-	3	1	-	-	4	2	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	-
14	Alex Gilbert	6.6	67	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	32	-	28	1	-	2	10	4	1	1	2	-	1	-	-	-
19	Sverre Halseth Nypan (sub)	6.6	45	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	13	-	9	1	-	-	7	4	1	1	1	2	0	-	-	-
40	Matthew Litherland	6.6	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	29	-	19	3	-	-	8	5	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	-
3	Harry Pickering (sub)	6.6	14	Defender	-	0	-	-	10	1	6	1	-	-	3	2	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	-
7	Hayden Hackney ©️	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	66	1	55	3	-	-	16	6	5	2	5	-	1	-	-	-
17	Micah Hamilton	6.3	45	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	15	1	14	1	-	-	6	1	1	-	1	-	0	1	-	-
25	Ryoya Morishita	6.3	44	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	12	-	9	-	-	-	4	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
18	Axel Henriksson	6.2	89	Attacker	-	0	2	1	14	2	12	-	-	-	15	5	2	1	2	-	0	-	-	-
23	Yuki Ohashi	6.2	90	Attacker	-	0	2	-	31	3	24	3	-	2	17	6	3	1	1	-	0	1	-	-
33	Jon McLaughlin (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
27	Sontje Hansen (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
10	Delano Burgzorg (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
20	Mamadou Kaly Sene (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
4	Yuri Oliveira Ribeiro (sub)	-	1	Defender	-	0	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
35	Nicholas Jake Michalski (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
38	Tom Atcheson (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
14	Dion De Neve (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-
47	Aodhan Doherty (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-