Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Middlesbrough — Match Stats & Analysis

Championship · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC

Blackburn Rovers

2–1Full-time analysis

Middlesbrough

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Blackburn Rovers won 2–1.

Shots: 622
Shots on target: 53
Expected goals: 0.951.34
Possession: 30%70%

Full time

What the match recorded

Blackburn Rovers beat Middlesbrough 2–1. Recorded in this match (Blackburn Rovers – Middlesbrough): shots 6–22, shots on target 5–3, expected goals 0.95–1.34, possession 30%–70%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots6 shots22 shotsBlackburn Rovers 6 shots, Middlesbrough 22 shots
Shots on target5 shots3 shotsBlackburn Rovers 5 shots, Middlesbrough 3 shots
Expected goals0.95 xG1.34 xGBlackburn Rovers 0.95 xG, Middlesbrough 1.34 xG
Possession30%70%Blackburn Rovers 30%, Middlesbrough 70%
Corners2 corners10 cornersBlackburn Rovers 2 corners, Middlesbrough 10 corners
Fouls9 fouls10 foulsBlackburn Rovers 9 fouls, Middlesbrough 10 fouls
Yellow cards4 cards1 cardBlackburn Rovers 4 cards, Middlesbrough 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Blackburn Rovers: 6 shots, 5 on target, 0.98 xG. Middlesbrough: 22 shots, 3 on target, 1.31 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Blackburn Rovers 0.98 xG · Middlesbrough 1.31 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Blackburn Rovers

3Draws

1Middlesbrough

21 Mar 2026Blackburn Rovers — Middlesbrough · Championship0–0

26 Dec 2025Middlesbrough — Blackburn Rovers · Championship0–0

4 Apr 2025Blackburn Rovers — Middlesbrough · Championship0–2

27 Nov 2024Middlesbrough — Blackburn Rovers · Championship0–1

16 Mar 2024Middlesbrough — Blackburn Rovers · Championship0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7.79 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4