Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021
Result
Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Middlesbrough drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Jonathan Howson (36'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sam Gallagher (17').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 14th on 5 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 7 points from 4. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 69.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paddy McNair of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Sam Gallagher (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 6 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Sam Gallagher
- 19'Yellow card · H. Carter
- 36'Goal · Jonathan Howson
- 79'Second yellow · H. Carter
- 81'Red card · Samy Morsy
- 87'Yellow card · T. Olusanya
- 87'Yellow card · Lewis Travis
- 90+4'Yellow card · Tyrhys Dolan
Head-to-head
Team news
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Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Lumley, Paddy McNair, Grant Hall, Dael Fry, Anfernee Dijksteel, Sam Morsy, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Isaiah Jones, Duncan Watmore, Matt Crooks
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thomas Kaminski, Hayden Carter, Darragh Lenihan, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Leighton Clarkson, Lewis Travis, Ben Brereton Díaz, Ian Poveda, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher