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Middlesbrough vs Blackburn Rovers
26 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
James BellChampionship 2025/2026 · 12 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
MiddlesbroughMin
Blackburn Rovers- ⇄
George Edmundson
Substitution
Off: Alfie Jones
17′ Alex Gilbert
Yellowcard
Foul
31′- 45+2′⇄
Moussa Baradji
Substitution
Off: Ryoya Morishita
- ⇄
Dael Fry
Substitution
Off: George Edmundson
46′ - ⇄
Sverre Nypan
Substitution
Off: Micah Hamilton
46′ - 57′
Ryoya Morishita
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- ⇄
Alan Browne
Substitution
Off: Alex Gilbert
67′ - ⇄
Alex Bangura
Substitution
Off: Matt Targett
73′ - 76′⇄
Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Substitution
Off: Sondre Tronstad
- 76′⇄
Harry Pickering
Substitution
Off: Ryan Hedges
Middlesbrough
Yellowcard
Foul
80′- 80′
Blackburn Rovers
Yellowcard
Argument
- 90+2′⇄
N. Dlamini
Substitution
Off: Axel Henriksson
- 90+3′⇄
Yuri Ribeiro
Substitution
Off: Todd Cantwell
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7.40 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 7.70 | |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.80 | |
| 73 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7.10 | |
| 67 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 6.60 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.60 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | 6.60 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.20 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.60 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.60 | |
| 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.10 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Middlesbrough
Latest: Queens Park Rangers · 3–1
Match stats
13 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Queens Park Rangers · 2025/2026
Blackburn Rovers
Latest: Portsmouth · 1–2
Match stats
13 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Portsmouth · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Middlesbrough’s ground: 14 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Middlesbrough’s home games with Blackburn Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Middlesbrough
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers
Previous meetings
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