Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2006

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Middlesbrough 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 March 2006. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Craig Bellamy opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Craig Bellamy (11'), Morten Gamst Pedersen (28') and Craig Bellamy (68'). Middlesbrough scored through Mark Viduka (16') and Fábio Rochemback (63').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 46 points from 29 and Middlesbrough 15th on 34 points from 28. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Middlesbrough 14th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers
  • 11'Goal · Craig BellamyBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 28'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Emanuel PogatetzMiddlesbrough
  • 63'Goal · Fábio RochembackMiddlesbrough · 2-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers
  • 68'Goal · Craig BellamyBlackburn Rovers · 3-2
  • 81'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 86'Yellow card · Franck QueudrueMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 1, Middlesbrough 4.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Craig Bellamy, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen

Middlesbrough line-up

Mark Schwarzer, Franck Queudrue, Ugo Ehiogu, Chris Riggott, Andrew Davies, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Ray Parlour, James Morrison, Adam Johnson, Mark Viduka