Saturday 22 August 2026 · 15:00 · HT 0-1 · Ewood Park, Blackburn · Referee Tom Reeves
Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough: stats, form and bet builder picks
Neither side had played a Championship game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.
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· 2026/27
Overview
Lineups
Bet builder
Form
Table
Match stats
Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough, full match
29%
Possession
71%
0.91
Expected goals (xG)
1.43
6
Shots
22
5
Shots on target
3
2
Corners
10
10
Fouls
10
4
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
3
Offsides
3
Goals and cards
12'
Goal
Jeremy Sarmiento MID
24'
Yellow card
Oladapo Afolayan BLA
45+2'
Yellow card
Sean McLoughlin BLA
49'
Goal
Andri Guðjohnsen BLA
55'
Goal
Todd Cantwell BLA
58'
Yellow card
Sam Morsy BLA
76'
Yellow card
Todd Cantwell BLA
90'
Yellow card
Will Lankshear MID
Lineups
Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.
Blackburn Rovers
4-2-3-1
Confirmed
GOALKEEPER
Middlesbrough
4-1-4-1
Confirmed
GOALKEEPER
Referee: Tom Reeves
5 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together
Cards per game
4.6
League 4.0
Yellow cards per game
4.6
Red cards per game
0.00
Fouls per game
24.2
League 22.3
Penalties per game
0.20
A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.
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How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.
Home/Away
All games
Season
Last 5
Last 10
Confirmed XI only
All players
Both teams home and away, this season.
High
Low
Bet
BLA
MID
Match
League
Win
0%
0/1
100%
1/1
33%
Draw
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
33%
Loss
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
33%
Bet
BLA
MID
League
Clean sheet
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
13%
Win to nil
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
7%
To score
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
87%
Fail to score
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
13%
Bet
BLA
MID
Match
League
Goals per match
4.0
3.0
3.5
3.0
Over 0.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
93%
Over 1.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
93%
Over 2.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
80%
Over 3.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
33%
Over 4.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
0%
Bet
BLA
MID
Match
League
Yes
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
80%
Yes and win
0%
0/1
100%
1/1
27%
Yes and over 2.5 goals
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
73%
Yes and draw
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
27%
Yes and loss
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
27%
Yes in both halves
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
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Bet
BLA
MID
Match
League
Corners per match
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.6
Over 7.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
93%
Over 8.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
93%
Over 9.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
73%
Over 10.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
40%
Over 11.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
20%
Over 12.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
7%
Referee Tom Reeves: 4.6 cards and 24.2 fouls per game in 5 games this season
Bet
BLA
MID
Match
League
Cards per match
4.0
2.0
3.0
3.5
Over 2.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
73%
Over 3.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
53%
Over 4.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
20%
Over 5.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
7%
Player
First
1+
2+
3+
Player
1+
2+
3+
Referee Tom Reeves: 4.6 cards and 24.2 fouls per game in 5 games this season
Player
Carded
First card
Sent off
Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.
Form
Home / Away
All games
Blackburn Rovers
Last 5 games before this match
Middlesbrough
Last 5 games before this match
Head to head
League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first
Blackburn Rovers 0 wins · 2 draws · Middlesbrough 0 wins
Both scored 0/2 · Over 2.5 goals 0/2 · 0.0 goals, 11.0 corners, 3.0 cards per meeting on average
Championship table
2026/27 · as it stands now
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