Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Jonathan Howson (36'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sam Gallagher (17').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 14th on 5 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 7 points from 4. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 69.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paddy McNair of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Sam Gallagher (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 6 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · H. CarterBlackburn Rovers
  • 36'Goal · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 79'Second yellow · H. CarterBlackburn Rovers
  • 81'Red card · Samy MorsyMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Yellow card · T. OlusanyaMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 6, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Bradley DackBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Joe Lumley, Paddy McNair, Grant Hall, Dael Fry, Anfernee Dijksteel, Sam Morsy, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Isaiah Jones, Duncan Watmore, Matt Crooks

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

Thomas Kaminski, Hayden Carter, Darragh Lenihan, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Leighton Clarkson, Lewis Travis, Ben Brereton Díaz, Ian Poveda, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher