Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Friday 26 December 2025

Result

Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Blackburn Rovers 0-0 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Neither side found the net.

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 42 points from 22 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 25 points from 21. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sondre Tronstad of Blackburn Rovers (7.8), ahead of Luke Ayling (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Alex GilbertMiddlesbrough
  • 57'Yellow card · Ryoya MorishitaBlackburn Rovers
  • 80'Yellow cardMiddlesbrough
  • 80'Yellow cardBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Alfie Jones, Matt Targett, Alex Gilbert, Hayden Hackney, Morgan Whittaker, Micah Hamilton, David Strelec, Tommy Conway

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

Aynsley Pears, Lewis Miller, Sean McLoughlin, George Pratt, Matty Litherland, Ryoya Morishita, Sondre Tronstad, Ryan Hedges, Todd Cantwell, Axel Henriksson, Yuki Ohashi