Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Ewood Park, Blackburn · half-time 0-1

Blackburn Rovers · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 August 2026 at Ewood Park. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jeremy Sarmiento opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Andri Gudjohnsen (49') and Todd Cantwell (55'). Middlesbrough scored through Jeremy Sarmiento (12').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Blackburn Rovers are 14th on 18 points and Middlesbrough are 2nd on 28 points.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Whittaker of Middlesbrough (8.0), ahead of Luke Ayling (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Jeremy SarmientoMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Oladapo AfolayanBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Sean McLoughlinBlackburn Rovers
  • 49'Goal · Andri GudjohnsenBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Sam MorsyBlackburn Rovers
  • 76'Yellow card · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · Will LankshearMiddlesbrough

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2Middlesbrough138413017+1328WWDWW
14Blackburn Rovers145362022-218WLWLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 4, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

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

Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Harry Pickering, Sam Morsy, Kristi Montgomery, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Oladapo Afolayan, Andri Gudjohnsen

Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)

Radek Vitek, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Adilson Malanda, Max Arfsten, Sebastian Berhalter, Myles Peart-Harris, Aidan Morris, J. Sarmiento, Morgan Whittaker, Will Lankshear

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