English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 22, 2026
Middlesbrough DLLWW 1
–
Blackburn Rovers DWLWD 2
1st2ndT
MID101
BLK022
Ewood Park · Paramount+

Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
10
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
2
70.7
Possession
29.3
22
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
585
Accurate Passes
200
646
Passes
271
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
2
40
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
35
Long Balls
67
23
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
12
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
9
15
Effective Clearances
43
15
Clearances
43

Head to Head

BLK leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BLK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Balazs TothG
  2. 15Sean McLoughlinCD-L
  3. 6Tom AtchesonCD-R
  4. 3Harry PickeringLB
  5. 2Ryan AlebiousuRB
  6. 10Todd CantwellAM
  7. 31Kristi MontgomeryLM
  8. 8Sam MorsyRM
  9. 9Andri GudjohnsenF
  10. 21Oladapo AfolayanAM-L
  11. 25Ryoya MorishitaAM-R

MID · 4-4-2

  1. 1Radek VítekG
  2. 29Adilson MalandaCD-L
  3. 12Luke AylingCD-R
  4. 17Max ArfstenLB
  5. 2Callum BrittainRB
  6. 10Aidan MorrisCM-L
  7. 14Myles Peart-HarrisCM-R
  8. 16Jeremy SarmientoLM
  9. 6Sebastian BerhalterRM
  10. 7Will LankshearCF-L
  11. 11Morgan WhittakerCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Middlesbrough 1. Jeremy Sarmiento (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Morgan Whittaker with a through ball.
  2. 24' Oladapo Afolayan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Sean McLoughlin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 49' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Middlesbrough 1. Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Pickering with a cross following a corner.
  5. 55' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Middlesbrough 1. Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  6. 58' Sam Morsy (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Kyle Joseph replaces Jeremy Sarmiento.
  8. 60' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Riley McGree replaces Myles Peart-Harris.
  9. 61' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jayden Fevrier replaces Oladapo Afolayan.
  10. 61' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Mathias Jørgensen replaces Ryoya Morishita.
  11. 67' Delay in match because of an injury Sam Morsy (Blackburn Rovers).
  12. 67'
  13. 68' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  14. 68'
  15. 69' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Adam Forshaw replaces Sam Morsy because of an injury.
  16. 69' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Yuki Ohashi replaces Andri Gudjohnsen.
  17. 76' Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 77' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Leo Castledine replaces Sebastian Berhalter.
  19. 77' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Neto Borges replaces Max Arfsten.
  20. 80' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Hayden Carter replaces Todd Cantwell.
  21. 81' Delay in match (Middlesbrough).
  22. 81' Delay in match (Blackburn Rovers).
  23. 81' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  24. 81' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  25. 90' Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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