Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Sunday 17 February 2019

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Sunday 17 February 2019, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Blackburn Rovers · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Middlesbrough 0-1 in the Championship on Sunday 17 February 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Britt Assombalonga of Middlesbrough in the 19th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 43 points from 32 and Middlesbrough 6th on 51 points from 31. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 73.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Wing of Middlesbrough (8.0), ahead of David Raya (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 6 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · J. RodwellBlackburn Rovers
  • 45'Red card · Derrick WilliamsBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 6, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Elliott Bennett, Jack Rodwell, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Josef Dvornik, Harrison Reed, Ben Brereton Díaz, Bradley Dack, Adam Armstrong, Danny Graham

Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-2-1)

Darren Randolph, Dael Fry, Ryan Shotton, George Friend, Jonathan Howson, John Mikel Obi, M. Bešić, George Saville, Lewis Wing, Ashley Fletcher, Britt Assombalonga