Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Monday 24 January 2022

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Middlesbrough

Championship · Monday 24 January 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Blackburn Rovers · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Monday 24 January 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Sam Gallagher of Blackburn Rovers in the 76th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 3rd on 49 points from 27 and Middlesbrough 7th on 42 points from 26. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Gallagher of Blackburn Rovers (8.1), ahead of Lewis Travis (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Neil TaylorMiddlesbrough
  • 15'Yellow card · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough
  • 26'Yellow card · A. ConnollyMiddlesbrough
  • 29'Yellow card · Marcus TavernierMiddlesbrough
  • 37'Yellow card · Ryan NyambeBlackburn Rovers
  • 50'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 76'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 90'Yellow card · S. WhartonBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough
  • 90+9'Yellow card · I. JonesMiddlesbrough
  • 90+11'Yellow card · T. EdunBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 6, Middlesbrough 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ian PovedaBlackburn Rovers · injury (Ankle Fracture)

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

Thomas Kaminski, Darragh Lenihan, Jan Paul van Hecke, Scott Wharton, Ryan Nyambe, Lewis Travis, Bradley Johnson, Tayo Edun, John Buckley, Reda Khadra, Sam Gallagher

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Joe Lumley, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Neil Taylor, Andraz Sporar, Aaron Connolly