Blackburn - Middlesbrough

Logo Blackburn
Blackburn
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Championship Season 2026 - Round 2
2 - 1
Finished
Referee: Tom Reeves
Logo Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
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Result

Ball possession

29%
71%

Timeline

12'
0-1
Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante
Oladapo Afolayan
24'
Sean McLoughlin
45+2'
Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen
1-1
49'
Todd Cantwell
2-1
55'
Sam Morsy
58'
60'
Myles Peart-Harris (out)
Riley McGree (in)
60'
Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante (out)
Kyle Joseph (in)
Oladapo Afolayan (out)
Jayden Fevrier (in)
61'
Ryoya Morishita (out)
Mathias Jörgensen (in)
61'
Sam Morsy (out)
Adam Forshaw (in)
69'
Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen (out)
Yuki Ohashi (in)
69'
Todd Cantwell
76'
77'
Maximilian Arfsten (out)
Vivaldo Borges dos Santos Neto (in)
77'
Sebastian Berhalter (out)
Leo Castledine (in)
Todd Cantwell (out)
Hayden Carter (in)
80'
90'
William Lankshear

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Superbet Unibet William Hill
1 Blackburn 3.30 3.52 3.40 3.50 3.55 3.70 3.60 3.55 3.52 3.71 3.17 3.50 3.40 3.40
X Draw 3.35 3.45 3.10 3.50 3.45 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.45 3.56 3.12 3.45 3.35 3.30
2 Middlesbrough 2.12 2.03 2.10 2.00 2.10 2.00 2.00 2.11 2.01 2.07 2.03 2.10 2.08 2.05

Previous confrontations (H2H)

8 Blackburn
10 Draw
3 Middlesbrough
19% Over 2.5 goals
43% Both teams scored
1.4 Goals per match
Logo Blackburn 10 | Logo Middlesbrough 7 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Blackburn 0-2 Middlesbrough (2025)
Most goals: Blackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough (2023)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Blackburn
0.81
Logo Middlesbrough
0.62
Goals in home matches
Logo Blackburn
0.70
Logo Middlesbrough
0.55
Goals in away matches
Logo Blackburn
0.91
Logo Middlesbrough
0.70
Above is calculated based on the below matches

Stats

Blackburn
Middlesbrough
5
Shots on goal
3
1
Shots off goal
7
6
Total shots
22
1
Blocked shots
12
5
Shots inside box
13
1
Shots outside box
9
10
Fouls
10
2
Corners
10
3
Offsides
3
4
Yellow cards
1
2
Goalkeeper saved
2
272
Total passes
647
202
Passes success
584
74%
Passes %
90%
0.91
Expected goals (xG)
1.43
-0.76
Goals prevented
-0.76

Stadion

Stadion name

Ewood Park

Capacity

31367

Address

Nuttall Street
Blackburn, Lancashire

table 2026

Championship
Team Pts
Swansea Swansea 17
West Ham United West Ham United 15
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 15
Wolves Wolves 14
West Brom West Brom 14
QPR QPR 13
Stoke City Stoke City 13
Bristol City Bristol City 13
Charlton Charlton 12
Birmingham Birmingham 11
Millwall Millwall 11
Lincoln Lincoln 11
Southampton Southampton 10
Wrexham Wrexham 10
Norwich Norwich 9
Blackburn Blackburn 9
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd 9
Portsmouth Portsmouth 8
Watford Watford 8
Cardiff Cardiff 7
Bolton Bolton 7
Derby Derby 5
Preston Preston 4
Burnley Burnley 4
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Blackburn Blackburn — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Tony Mowbray
22
Balázs Tóth
2
Ryan Alebiousu
6
Tom Atcheson
15
Sean McLoughlin
3
Harry Pickering
8
Sam Morsy
31
Kristi Montgomery
25
Ryoya Morishita
10
Todd Cantwell
21
Oladapo Afolayan
9
Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen
7
William Lankshear
11
Morgan Whittaker
16
Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante
10
Aidan Morris
14
Myles Peart-Harris
6
Sebastian Berhalter
17
Maximilian Arfsten
29
Adilson Malanda
12
Luke Ayling
2
Callum Brittain
1
Radek Vítek
Middlesbrough — Formation: 4-4-2 Logo Middlesbrough
Coach: Kim Alexander Hellberg

Substitutes

Substitutes Blackburn

Name Age Position
Aynsley Pears 28 Goalkeeper
Yuri Oliveira Ribeiro 29 Defender
Hayden Carter 26 Defender
Jake Garrett 23 Defender
Adam Forshaw 34 Midfielder
Sidnei Wilson Vieira David Tavares 24 Midfielder
Jayden Fevrier 23 Midfielder
Mathias Jörgensen 26 Attacker
Yuki Ohashi 30 Attacker

Substitutes Middlesbrough

Name Age Position
Solomon Brynn 25 Goalkeeper
Vivaldo Borges dos Santos Neto 30 Defender
Alfie Jones 28 Defender
Finley Cartwright - Midfielder
Abdoulaye Kante - Midfielder
Riley McGree 27 Midfielder
Leo Castledine 21 Midfielder
Kyle Joseph 25 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 GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
22 Logo Blackburn Balázs Tóth 8.2 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 36 - 21 - - - 1 1 - - - 1 0 0 - 2 1 0 0 0
12 Logo Middlesbrough Luke Ayling ©️ 8.0 90 Defender - 0 - - 114 3 103 1 1 - 8 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Blackburn Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen 7.9 69 Attacker 1 0 1 1 14 2 12 2 - - 12 6 2 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Blackburn Todd Cantwell ©️ 7.7 80 Midfielder 1 0 1 1 20 - 16 6 - 1 13 7 1 1 3 - 1 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Middlesbrough Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante 7.6 60 Midfielder 1 0 2 1 25 - 24 2 - - 5 4 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Middlesbrough Morgan Whittaker 7.6 90 Attacker - 1 1 1 32 6 26 3 - - 7 6 1 1 - 1 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Middlesbrough Aidan Morris 7.3 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 116 1 108 3 - 1 12 6 - - - 3 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Blackburn Harry Pickering 7.2 90 Defender - 1 - - 29 2 22 - 2 1 4 2 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Blackburn Tom Atcheson 6.9 90 Defender - 0 - - 18 - 11 1 4 - 6 2 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Blackburn Sean McLoughlin 6.9 90 Defender - 0 - - 36 - 25 - 2 - 4 1 - - 2 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
31 Logo Blackburn Kristi Montgomery 6.9 90 Midfielder - 0 1 1 29 - 26 1 2 4 9 4 3 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Middlesbrough Sebastian Berhalter 6.9 77 Midfielder - 0 1 - 41 2 35 1 - - 5 3 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Middlesbrough Myles Peart-Harris 6.9 60 Midfielder - 0 1 1 35 - 33 - - 1 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Blackburn Jayden Fevrier (sub) 6.7 29 Attacker - 0 - - 6 - 5 - - - 2 - 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Blackburn Yuki Ohashi (sub) 6.7 21 Attacker - 0 - - 8 - 3 - - - 13 6 2 1 2 3 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Blackburn Sam Morsy 6.6 69 Midfielder - 0 - - 25 - 21 1 1 1 6 2 - - 2 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
28 Logo Blackburn Adam Forshaw (sub) 6.6 21 Midfielder - 0 - - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Blackburn Hayden Carter (sub) 6.6 10 Defender - 0 - - 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
30 Logo Middlesbrough Vivaldo Borges dos Santos Neto (sub) 6.6 13 Defender - 0 - - 20 - 18 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Middlesbrough Radek Vítek 6.5 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 10 - 10 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 2 2 0 0 0
2 Logo Middlesbrough Callum Brittain 6.5 90 Defender - 0 2 - 54 - 48 1 - - 11 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Middlesbrough Leo Castledine (sub) 6.5 13 Midfielder - 0 1 - 10 - 10 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Blackburn Ryan Alebiousu 6.3 90 Defender - 0 1 1 16 - 15 - - - 1 1 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
25 Logo Blackburn Ryoya Morishita 6.3 61 Midfielder - 0 2 1 14 - 12 - - - 10 2 5 2 - - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Blackburn Oladapo Afolayan 6.3 61 Midfielder - 0 - - 16 1 9 - - 1 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Blackburn Mathias Jörgensen (sub) 6.3 29 Attacker - 0 - - 2 - 2 1 - 1 2 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Middlesbrough Adilson Malanda 6.3 90 Defender - 0 1 - 95 - 87 1 - 1 12 7 3 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Middlesbrough Maximilian Arfsten 6.3 77 Defender - 0 - - 48 1 43 2 - - 9 7 4 3 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Middlesbrough Riley McGree (sub) 6.3 30 Midfielder - 0 1 - 14 - 12 - - 1 3 - - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Middlesbrough Kyle Joseph (sub) 6.3 30 Attacker - 0 - - 13 2 10 - - - 3 1 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Middlesbrough William Lankshear 6.2 90 Attacker - 0 - - 20 2 17 - - - 8 4 - - 3 1 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Blackburn Aynsley Pears (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Blackburn Yuri Oliveira Ribeiro (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Blackburn Sidnei Wilson Vieira David Tavares (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
30 Logo Blackburn Jake Garrett (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
31 Logo Middlesbrough Solomon Brynn (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Middlesbrough Alfie Jones (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
42 Logo Middlesbrough Abdoulaye Kante (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
46 Logo Middlesbrough Finley Cartwright (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -