Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 October 2008

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 25 October 2008, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Benni McCarthy of Blackburn Rovers in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 11 points from 8 and Middlesbrough 14th on 9 points from 8. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-L-W-W-L and Middlesbrough's L-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 58'Yellow card · Matt DerbyshireBlackburn Rovers
  • 74'GoalMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Martin OlssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · David WheaterMiddlesbrough
  • 89'Yellow card · Vincenzo GrellaBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+4'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 6, draws 2, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)

Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Danny Simpson, Martin Olsson, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Carlos Villanueva, Roque Santa Cruz, Matt Derbyshire, Ryan Nelsen

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Luke Young, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, George Boateng, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Sanli Tuncay, Afonso Alves