Middlesbrough FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Middlesbrough FC

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Blackburn Rovers FC

Fri 26 Dec 2025 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Middlesbrough FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship .

Middlesbrough FC 8 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee James Bell

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Middlesbrough FC 18 games · Avg 1.4 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-26 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2025-04-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Middlesbrough FC 2025-01-11 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-11-27 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-03-16 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Middlesbrough FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Dec	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	0–0	D
20 Dec	Bristol City FC	A	0–2	L
13 Dec	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	3–1	W
09 Dec	Charlton Athletic FC	A	2–1	W
05 Dec	Hull City AFC	A	4–1	W
29 Nov	Derby County FC	H	2–1	W

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Dec	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–0	D
20 Dec	Millwall FC	H	2–0	W
13 Dec	Portsmouth FC	A	1–2	L
09 Dec	Oxford United FC	H	1–1	D
02 Dec	Ipswich Town FC	H	1–1	D
29 Nov	Wrexham AFC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Middlesbrough FC		Blackburn Rovers FC
#3	Position	#16
15	Points	9
8	Played	8
4 / 3 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 3 / 3
16	Scored	12
12	Conceded	12
+4	GD	+0
1.88	PPG	1.13
50%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

39% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

22% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

Middlesbrough FC are 3rd (15 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 16th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/4

61-75

3/3

76+

4/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

–/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear

6 G

Blackburn Rovers FC

Oladapo Afolayan	3 G	2 A
Andri Gudjohnsen	3 G	1 A
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Middlesbrough FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — let the football do the talking.
It finishes all square. Middlesbrough FC and Blackburn Rovers FC share the spoils 0-0.

Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sam Gallagher	4
Britt Assombalonga	2
Samuel Szmodics	2
Tommy Conway	1
Jonathan Howson	1
Samuel Iling-Junior	1
Darragh Lenihan	1
Todd Cantwell	1

Head to Head

Middlesbrough FC Form

2025-12-26 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2025-12-20 Bristol City FC 2–0 Middlesbrough FC L 2025-12-13 Middlesbrough FC 3–1 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2025-12-09 Charlton Athletic FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC W 2025-12-05 Hull City AFC 1–4 Middlesbrough FC W 2025-11-29 Middlesbrough FC 2–1 Derby County FC W

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2025-12-26 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2025-12-20 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–0 Millwall FC W 2025-12-13 Portsmouth FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-12-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Oxford United FC D 2025-12-02 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Ipswich Town FC D 2025-11-29 Wrexham AFC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.64 Middlesbrough FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Middlesbrough FC50% Draw27% Blackburn Rovers FC23%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.64

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Middlesbrough FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

50%

Middlesbrough FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC36% Draw47% Blackburn Rovers FC17%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

1 – 0

10.9%

2 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

9.2%

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

2 – 2

4.6%

0 – 2

3.5%

3 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC

Handicap	Middlesbrough FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	23%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	14%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.