Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 February 2020

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 1 February 2020, 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 1 February 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Lewis Travis opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Hayden Coulson (75'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Lewis Travis (57').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 17th on 35 points from 29 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 43 points from 29. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Blackburn Rovers 11th with 63.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hayden Coulson of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Christian Walton (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 5 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Goal · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 75'Goal · Hayden CoulsonMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-2-1)

Aynsley Pears, Jonathan Howson, Paddy McNair, Dael Fry, Djed Spence, Lewis Wing, George Saville, Marvin Johnson, Marcus Tavernier, Lukas Nmecha, Ashley Fletcher

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

Christian Walton, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Tosin Adarabioyo, Amari'i Bell, Lewis Travis, Stewart Downing, Sam Gallagher, Lewis Holtby, Joe Rankin-Costello, Adam Armstrong