Middlesbrough 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 October 2022

Result

Middlesbrough 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 15 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Middlesbrough 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 15 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-2.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Duncan Watmore (45+1'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sam Gallagher (4') and Sam Gallagher (17').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 21st on 13 points from 13 and Blackburn Rovers 8th on 21 points from 14. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tyler Morton of Blackburn Rovers (8.1), ahead of Paddy McNair (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 5 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 27'Yellow card · Rodrigo MunizMiddlesbrough
  • 27'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+1'Goal · Duncan WatmoreMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 51'Yellow card · T. MortonBlackburn Rovers
  • 77'Yellow card · Thomas KaminskiBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Zack Steffen, Paddy McNair, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Anfernee Dijksteel, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Ryan Giles, Rodrigo Muniz, Duncan Watmore

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

Thomas Kaminski, Ashley Phillips, Dominic Hyam, Scott Wharton, Callum Brittain, Lewis Travis, Tyler Morton, Harry Pickering, Adam Wharton, Sam Gallagher, Ben Brereton Díaz