Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2008

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 January 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

D. Wheater opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Matt Derbyshire (75'). Middlesbrough scored through D. Wheater (13').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 8th on 36 points from 22 and Middlesbrough 14th on 21 points from 22. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · D. WheaterMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 50'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 73'Yellow card · Fábio RochembackMiddlesbrough
  • 74'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilMiddlesbrough
  • 74'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Goal · Matt DerbyshireBlackburn Rovers · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 7, draws 1, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Steven Reid, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Emanuel Pogatetz, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate