Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 February 2016

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 6 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 6 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jordi Gómez opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from David Nugent (79'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jordi Gómez (72').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 55 points from 27 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 30 points from 27. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 55.

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, 6 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Kike SolaMiddlesbrough
  • 24'Yellow card · Ben MarshallBlackburn Rovers
  • 34'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers
  • 36'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 57'Yellow card · Grant LeadbitterMiddlesbrough
  • 64'Yellow card · Grant HanleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 72'Goal · Jordi GómezBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Jordi GómezBlackburn Rovers
  • 79'Goal · David NugentMiddlesbrough · 1-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers · injury (Foot Injury)

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Dimitris Konstantopoulos, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Albert Adomah, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, Adam Reach, Patrick Bamford, Kike García, Lee Tomlin

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede