Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2009
Result
Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Middlesbrough drew with Blackburn Rovers 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 January 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Neither side found the net.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 19th on 21 points from 23 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 22 points from 22. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's D-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Andre Ooijer
- 67'Yellow card · Ryan William Nelsen
- 70'Yellow card · Benni McCarthy
- 84'Yellow card · Morten Gamst Pedersen
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Jones, Chris Riggott, Emanuel Pogatetz, Robert Huth, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, Adam Johnson, Josh Walker, Marlon King, Sanli Tuncay, Matthew Bates
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Roque Santa Cruz, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy