There is optimism in Blackburn Rovers so far this season, with the 3rd place in the Championship table and hosting Middlesbrough (who are placed 10th).
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers nor Middlesbrough as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Blackburn Rovers have performed here at Ewood Park this season with 8 wins from 11 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3.
The regulars are hoping that Blackburn Rovers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Sunderland (placed 8th). Heartbreak for Blackburn Rovers in their last match as Sunderland's Simms scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Pickering, defender, was given a rating of 7.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Pickering won 6 of 7 duels.
Before that match, a home loss in the Carabao Cup against Nottingham Forest.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Blackburn, as the Championship home game vs Cardiff City is only three days away.
Blackburn Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 18 goals in 11 league matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. That’s the product of Middlesbrough playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Middlesbrough won their last game, 4-1 versus Wigan Athletic played at home. Akpom certainly enjoyed Middlesbrough's last game versus Wigan Athletic, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory. Midfielder Akpom was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.44. Akpom scored three goals and hit one key pass.
A 1-3 defeat away at Burnley before that.Observe that 9 of this side's 11 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Middlesbrough manager Carrick as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Birmingham City.
The travelling fans enjoy Middlesbrough's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Middlesbrough have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Blackburn Rovers have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (4-3-0) when playing Middlesbrough.Middlesbrough - Blackburn 1-2 was the end result in these teams' previous h2h fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Akpom 12 goals |   B. Brereton 9 goals |  D. Watmore 5 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 28 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 36 |
| 28 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 50% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 75% | 62% |
| 8% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 42% | 33% |
| 8% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 29% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 67% | 67% |
| 38% | 45% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 33% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 21% |
| 4 | 5.2 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 11.5 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.8 | 12.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 43% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 49% | 40% |
| 12.4 | 10.5 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.7 | 9.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Championship
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 47 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | Watford | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Millwall | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 33 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 16 | Reading | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 27 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 21 | Hull City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 27 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -14 | 24 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 22 |
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