Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Thursday 29 December 2022
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Middlesbrough
Championship · Thursday 29 December 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Middlesbrough: match report
Blackburn Rovers lost to Middlesbrough 1-2 in the Championship on Thursday 29 December 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ryan Hedges opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Ryan Hedges (5'). Middlesbrough scored through Marcus Forss (46') and Riley McGree (56').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 3rd on 39 points from 24 and Middlesbrough 12th on 33 points from 24. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcus Forss of Middlesbrough (8.0), ahead of Ryan Hedges (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Ryan Hedges
- 8'Yellow card · H. Hackney
- 46'Goal · Marcus Forss
- 49'Yellow card · Matt Crooks
- 50'Red card · J. Buckley
- 56'Goal · Riley McGree
- 81'Yellow card · T. Smith
- 90+4'Yellow card · Dominic Hyam
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thomas Kaminski, Joe Rankin-Costello, Yuki Takahashi, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Tyler Morton, John Buckley, Ryan Hedges, Bradley Dack, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sam Gallagher
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Chuba Akpom, Riley McGree, Matt Crooks