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

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Championship · 2025-26

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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 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee James Bell

5 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 8.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

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
#2	Position	#13
29	Points	21
15	Played	15
8 / 5 / 2	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 6
30	Scored	22
19	Conceded	23
+11	GD	-1
1.93	PPG	1.40
53%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

39% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

22% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

Middlesbrough FC are 2nd (29 pts). Blackburn Rovers FC are 13th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

5/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

4/3

46-60

5/4

61-75

6/4

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

4/5

46-60

7/4

61-75

1/3

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear	13 G
Amario Cozier-Duberry	3 G	4 A

Blackburn Rovers FC

Andri Gudjohnsen	10 G	1 A
Oladapo Afolayan	5 G	2 A
Todd Cantwell	2 G
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Middlesbrough FC host Blackburn Rovers FC — let the battle begin!
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sam Gallagher	4
Samuel Szmodics	2
Britt Assombalonga	2
Lewis Travis	1
Matt Crooks	1
Hayden Coulson	1
Dominic Hyam	1
Joe Rothwell	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

3 / 4

1.65 Middlesbrough FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.86 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Middlesbrough FC52% Draw27% Blackburn Rovers FC21%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.51

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Middlesbrough FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

48%

Middlesbrough FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC38% Draw47% Blackburn Rovers FC15%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

12.5%

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 0

10.8%

0 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.2%

0 – 1

3 – 0

5.8%

3 – 1

5.1%

1 – 2

4.7%

2 – 2

0 – 2

2.9%

4 – 0

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC

Handicap	Middlesbrough FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	17%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	24%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

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