Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 August 2019
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 17 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 17 August 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Danny Graham of Blackburn Rovers in the 25th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 24th on 0 points from 2 and Middlesbrough 18th on 1 point from 2. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Middlesbrough 18th with 53.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Walton of Blackburn Rovers (7.5), level with Danny Graham (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Anfernee Dijksteel
- 25'Penalty goal · Danny Graham
- 26'Yellow card · Daniel Ayala
- 27'Yellow card · Greg Cunningham
- 31'Yellow card · Elliott Bennett
- 49'Yellow card · Bradley Johnson
- 69'Yellow card · Lewis Travis
- 84'Yellow card · Lewis Wing
- 89'Yellow card · Derrick Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Walton, Derrick Williams, G. Cunningham, Darragh Lenihan, Elliott Bennett, Bradley Johnson, Sam Gallagher, Stewart Downing, Bradley Dack, Lewis Travis, Danny Graham
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Darren Randolph, Anfernee Dijksteel, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ashley Fletcher, Jonathan Howson, Paddy McNair, Marvin Johnson, Lewis Wing, Britt Assombalonga