Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 25 October 2008
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 25 October 2008, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Blackburn Rovers drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Benni McCarthy of Blackburn Rovers in the 90th minute.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 11 points from 8 and Middlesbrough 14th on 9 points from 8. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-L-W-W-L and Middlesbrough's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 58'Yellow card · Matt Derbyshire
- 74'Goal
- 78'Yellow card · Martin Olsson
- 86'Yellow card · David Wheater
- 89'Yellow card · Vincenzo Grella
- 90+4'Goal · Benni McCarthy
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Danny Simpson, Martin Olsson, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Carlos Villanueva, Roque Santa Cruz, Matt Derbyshire, Ryan Nelsen
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Luke Young, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, George Boateng, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Sanli Tuncay, Afonso Alves