Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 December 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

Shabani Nonda opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Shabani Nonda (9') and Benni McCarthy (74'). Middlesbrough scored through Yakubu Aiyegbeni (61', penalty).

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 15th on 22 points from 19 and Middlesbrough 16th on 21 points from 20. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Middlesbrough 12th with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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