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Middlesbrough

3rd · 4-3-1 · 15 pts · +4

Ugh, no.

Middlesbrough lost to Blackburn Rovers

1-0-1 1 – 2

1-1-0

FT · Sat, Aug 22

Match Details

Ewood Park (Blackburn) · Paramount+

Commentary

·Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Middlesbrough 1.
90'+6'Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 2, Middlesbrough 1.
90'+4'Foul by Riley McGree (Middlesbrough).
90'+4'Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+2'Attempt missed. Riley McGree (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
90'+1'Attempt blocked. Morgan Whittaker (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Will Lankshear.
90'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
90'Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'Foul by Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough).
90'Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87'Attempt missed. Leo Castledine (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kyle Joseph.
86'Attempt blocked. Aidan Morris (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Joseph.

Line Score

	1	2	T
MID	1	0	1
BLK	0	2	2

Match Leaders

Middlesbrough

JS Jeremy Sarmiento · 1Goals
Aidan Morris · 4Total Shots
RV Radek Vítek · 2Saves
MA Max Arfsten · 8Defensive Interventions
Aidan Morris · 107Accurate Passes

Blackburn Rovers

AG Andri Gudjohnsen · 1Goals
RM Ryoya Morishita · 2Total Shots
BT Balazs Toth · 2Saves
SM Sean McLoughlin · 21Defensive Interventions
KM Kristi Montgomery · 26Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	8	5	2	1	+7	17
2	West Ham	8	4	3	1	+11	15
3	Boro	8	4	3	1	+4	15
4	Wolves	7	4	2	1	+5	14
5	West Brom	8	4	2	2	+2	14
6	QPR	8	3	4	1	+3	13
7	Stoke	8	4	1	3	+1	13
8	Bristol City	8	4	1	3	-1	13
9	Charlton	8	3	3	2	-3	12
10	Birmingham	8	2	5	1	+1	11
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	0	11
12	Lincoln City	8	3	2	3	-1	11
13	Southampton	8	4	2	2	+9	10
14	Wrexham	8	2	4	2	-3	10
15	Bolton	8	3	1	4	-4	10
16	Blackburn	8	2	3	3	0	9
17	Norwich City	8	3	0	5	-1	9
18	Sheffield Utd	8	2	3	3	-2	9
19	Portsmouth	7	2	2	3	-1	8
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	-3	8
21	Cardiff	8	1	4	3	-2	7
22	Derby	8	1	2	5	-7	5
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	-7	4
24	Burnley	8	0	4	4	-8	4

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Key Events

90'Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

80'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Hayden Carter replaces Todd Cantwell.

77'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Neto Borges replaces Max Arfsten.

77'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Leo Castledine replaces Sebastian Berhalter.

76'Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

69'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Yuki Ohashi replaces Andri Gudjohnsen.

69'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Adam Forshaw replaces Sam Morsy because of an injury.

61'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Mathias Jørgensen replaces Ryoya Morishita.

61'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Jayden Fevrier replaces Oladapo Afolayan.

60'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Riley McGree replaces Myles Peart-Harris.

60'Substitution, Middlesbrough. Kyle Joseph replaces Jeremy Sarmiento.

58'Sam Morsy (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

55'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Middlesbrough 1. Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

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.

45'+2'Sean McLoughlin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

24'Oladapo Afolayan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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.