English League Championship

FT Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Middlesbrough DDDWW 1
–
Blackburn Rovers LWLLW 2
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Ewood Park · 16,601 att.

Match Report

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Blackburn deny Middlesbrough place at the top of the Championship

Blackburn deny Middlesbrough place at the top of the Championship

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
52
Possession
48
18
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
334
Accurate Passes
283
454
Passes
431
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
28
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.2
89
Long Balls
95
25
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
17
Effective Tackles
8
20
Tackles
12
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
17
43
Clearances
21

Head to Head

BLK leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

BLK · 4-4-2

  1. 30Jason SteeleG
  2. 5Grant HanleyCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 3Thomas SpurrLB
  5. 10Ben MarshallRB
  6. 21Hope AkpanCM-L
  7. 26Darragh LenihanCM-R
  8. 16Matt GrimesLM
  9. 14Jordi GómezRM
  10. 12Danny GrahamCF-L
  11. 8Tony WattCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 33David RayaSUB
  2. 31Elliott BennettSUB
  3. 32Craig ConwaySUB
  4. 35Simeon JacksonSUB
  5. 15Elliott WardSUB
  6. 9Chris BrownSUB
  7. 2Adam HenleySUB

MID · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dimitrios KonstantopoulosG
  2. 6Ben GibsonCD-L
  3. 22Dael FryCD-R
  4. 3George FriendLB
  5. 5Ritchie de LaetRB
  6. 35David NugentAM
  7. 7Grant LeadbitterLM
  8. 34Adam ForshawRM
  9. 9Jordan RhodesF
  10. 19Stewart DowningAM-L
  11. 27Albert AdomahAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Tomás MejíasSUB
  2. 26Tomás KalasSUB
  3. 24Emilio NsueSUB
  4. 10Carlos De PeñaSUB
  5. 21Gastón RamírezSUB
  6. 8Adam ClaytonSUB
  7. 18Cristhian StuaniSUB

Timeline

  1. 47' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Middlesbrough 0. Hope Akpan (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross.
  2. 52' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Adam Clayton replaces Grant Leadbitter.
  3. 59' Thomas Spurr (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 64' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Gastón Ramírez replaces Stewart Downing.
  5. 66' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Simeon Jackson replaces Tony Watt.
  6. 69' Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Elliott Bennett replaces Jordi Gómez.
  8. 81' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Craig Conway replaces Matt Grimes.
  9. 83' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Middlesbrough 0. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Simeon Jackson with a headed pass.
  10. 86' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Cristhian Stuani replaces David Nugent.
  11. 90'+1' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Middlesbrough 1. Adam Forshaw (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gastón Ramírez.
  12. 90'+2' Simeon Jackson (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  13. 90'+3' Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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