Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 December 2018

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 35 points from 20 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 29 points from 20. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Hugill of Middlesbrough (7.3), ahead of Britt Assombalonga (7.2).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Ryan Shotton, Yuki Takahashi, Aden Flint, George Friend, M. Bešić, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, Stewart Downing, Jordan Hugill, Ashley Fletcher

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

David Raya, Derrick Williams, Charlie Mulgrew, Ryan Nyambe, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Richard Smallwood, Elliott Bennett, Josef Dvornik, Danny Graham