Blackburn vs Middlesbrough

Championship ·Matchday 25

Blackburn

1-2

Full-time HT 1-0

Middlesbrough

R. Hedges 5'

M. Forss 46'
Riley McGree 56'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Thursday 29 December · 22:45 Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire L. Doughty

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Middlesbrough beat Blackburn 2-1. Scorers for Blackburn: R. Hedges 5'. Scorers for Middlesbrough: M. Forss 46', Riley McGree 56'. Middlesbrough won after coming from behind. J. Buckley of Blackburn was sent off in minute 50'. Middlesbrough had 55% of possession.

Blackburn Middlesbrough Middlesbrough logo

Full-time 1 - 2
Added time: 4 minutes
90+4'
Dominic Hyam Yellow card · Blackburn Yellow card for Dominic Hyam (Blackburn)
90+1'
D. Watmore Out: Riley McGree · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: D. Watmore comes on for Riley McGree
81'
T. Smith Yellow card · Middlesbrough T. Smith of Middlesbrough is booked
71'
I. Jones Out: M. Forss · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: I. Jones comes on for M. Forss
67'
A. Mowatt Out: H. Hackney · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: A. Mowatt comes on for H. Hackney
66'
J. Garrett Out: B. Dack · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: J. Garrett comes on for B. Dack
66'
L. Travis Out: T. Morton · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: L. Travis comes on for T. Morton
56'
Riley McGree 1-2 Goal · Assist: M. Forss · Middlesbrough M. Forss provides, Riley McGree finishes for Middlesbrough (1-2)
50'
J. Buckley Red card · Blackburn Straight red card for J. Buckley. Blackburn are down a man
49'
Matt Crooks Yellow card · Middlesbrough Yellow card for Matt Crooks (Middlesbrough)
46'
M. Forss 1-1 Goal · Assist: Matt Crooks · Middlesbrough Matt Crooks provides, M. Forss finishes for Middlesbrough (1-1)
Half-time 1 - 0
8'
H. Hackney Yellow card · Middlesbrough Yellow card for H. Hackney (Middlesbrough)
5'
R. Hedges 1-0 Goal · Assist: J. Buckley · Blackburn Goal for Blackburn! R. Hedges turns in the pass from J. Buckley (1-0)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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LLWLL Last 5 matches WWWLW

7Position4

69Pts75

1.1Goals scored per match2.1

1.7Goals conceded per match1.1

3Clean sheets2

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Burnley	46	29	14	3	87	35	87:35	+52	101	WWWLD
2	Sheffield Utd	46	28	7	11	73	39	73:39	+34	91	WLWWW
3	Luton	46	21	17	8	57	39	57:39	+18	80	DDWDW
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	84:56	+28	75	DLLWW
5	Coventry	46	18	16	12	58	46	58:46	+12	70	DWWDW
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	68:55	+13	69	WDWDW
7	Blackburn	46	20	9	17	52	54	52:54	-2	69	WDLDD
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	57:50	+7	68	LWLLW
9	West Brom	46	18	12	16	59	53	59:53	+6	66	LWLLW
10	Swansea	46	18	12	16	68	64	68:64	+4	66	WDWWW
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	56:53	+3	63	WDLLW
12	Preston	46	17	12	17	45	59	45:59	-14	63	LLDLL
13	Norwich	46	17	11	18	57	54	57:54	+3	62	LLLDL
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	55:56	-1	59	WLWLL
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	51:61	-10	58	DDWLD
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	55:54	+1	53	LLDLL
17	Birmingham	46	14	11	21	47	58	47:58	-11	53	LLLWL
18	Huddersfield	46	14	11	21	47	62	47:62	-15	53	WWWDL
19	Rotherham	46	11	17	18	49	60	49:60	-11	50	DWLLD
20	QPR	46	13	11	22	44	71	44:71	-27	50	LWWDL
21	Cardiff	46	13	10	23	41	58	41:58	-17	49	LLWDW
22	Reading	46	13	11	22	46	68	46:68	-22	44	LDLDD
23	Blackpool	46	11	11	24	48	72	48:72	-24	44	WLWLW
24	Wigan	46	10	15	21	38	65	38:65	-27	39	DDWWL