Balanced ball game between Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough expected

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

It's early days in the Championship and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Blackburn Rovers's first home game here at Ewood Park ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from 23 matches.

In their previous game, the manager T. Mowbray led his Blackburn Rovers to a defeat in the Championship match away at Fulham. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ewood Park. Preceding that match was the home game against Charlton Athletic that was lost 1-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Blackburn Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blackburn Rovers as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Blackburn Rovers has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Blackburn Rovers has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

One match played away so far for Middlesbrough and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses from 23 games.

Middlesbrough failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Brentford that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that, Middlesbrough travelled to Luton Town and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Middlesbrough, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Middlesbrough has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 5 - 3 (Blackburn Rovers wins - draws - Middlesbrough wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.

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Blackburn Rovers Middlesbrough
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played 1 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 1 1 1
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 1
1 1 0 Scored 3 3 3
4 2 0 Conceded 3 3 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% BTTS 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 50%
 
8.5 12 0 Corners For (avg) 11 11 9
3.5 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 8 8 5.5
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Blackburn Rovers Last season Middlesbrough
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
16 10   Won   10 20
12 7   Drew   7 13
18 6   Lost   6 13
64 32   Scored   26 49
69 21   Conceded   24 41
96% 96%   Over 0.5   87% 89%
76% 65%   Over 1.5   70% 65%
57% 39%   Over 2.5   43% 33%
35% 22%   Over 3.5   13% 7%
17% 4%   Over 4.5   4% 2%
59% 39%   BTTS   48% 39%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets   35% 41%
20% 30%   Failed To Score   30% 30%
 
4.7 6   Corners For (avg)   4.5 5.3
4.8 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   5.3 5.2
1.6 1.5   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.8 1.7
2 1   Red Cards   1 3
Key stats last season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Blackburn Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
21-07-19 CF Rangers 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
24-07-19 CF Bury 0 - 3 Blackburn Rovers
27-07-19 CF Blackpool 0 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
03-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic
10-08-19 CH Fulham 2 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
13-08-19 CC Blackburn Rovers 18:45 Oldham Athletic
17-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Middlesbrough
20-08-19 CH Hull City 18:45 Blackburn Rovers
24-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Cardiff City
31-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 14:00 Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Heidenheim 5 - 1 Middlesbrough
23-07-19 CF Salford City 1 - 3 Middlesbrough
28-07-19 CF Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Saint-Etienne
02-08-19 CH Luton Town 3 - 3 Middlesbrough
10-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Brentford
13-08-19 CC Middlesbrough 18:45 Crewe Alexandra
17-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Middlesbrough
20-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 18:45 Wigan Athletic
24-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Millwall
31-08-19 CH Bristol City 11:30 Middlesbrough

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Charlton Athletic 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Leeds United 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
4 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Derby County 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
6 Millwall 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Swansea City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
10 Preston North End 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
11 Fulham 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
12 Brentford 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
13 Cardiff City 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
14 Hull City 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
15 Barnsley 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
16 Wigan Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
17 Huddersfield Town 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Luton Town 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Middlesbrough 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
20 Nottingham Forest 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
21 Bristol City 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Blackburn Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
23 Reading 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Stoke City 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0

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