Middlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Sunday 24 January 2021
Result
Middlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Sunday 24 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Middlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Middlesbrough lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Championship on Sunday 24 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Joe Rothwell of Blackburn Rovers in the 63rd minute.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 39 points from 24 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 33 points from 24. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 57.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc Bola of Middlesbrough (7.8), level with Thomas Kaminski (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 7 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Jacob Davenport
- 57'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 63'Goal · Joe Rothwell
- 81'Yellow card · Marcus Tavernier
- 88'Yellow card · M. Bola
Head-to-head
Team news
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Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Marcus Bettinelli, Djed Spence, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Marc Bola, Sam Morsy, Jonathan Howson, George Saville, Marcus Tavernier, Britt Assombalonga, Duncan Watmore
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Jarrad Branthwaite, B. Douglas, Lewis Travis, Jacob Davenport, Bradley Johnson, Harvey Elliott, Adam Armstrong, Joe Rothwell