Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2003

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2003. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Markus Babbel opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Markus Babbel (3') and Markus Babbel (90'). Middlesbrough scored through Juninho (31') and Juninho (51').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 16th on 17 points from 17 and Middlesbrough 13th on 20 points from 16. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 44 points, and Middlesbrough 11th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Middlesbrough's D-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Markus BabbelBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 23'Yellow card · G. FlitcroftBlackburn Rovers
  • 31'Goal · JuninhoMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · JuninhoMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Paul GallagherBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Goal · Markus BabbelBlackburn Rovers · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 0, Middlesbrough 2.